ethnarch

Other forms: ethnarchs

Definitions of ethnarch
  1. noun
    the ruler of a province (as in the Roman Empire and Byzantine Empire) or certain religious rulers with secular authority
    “the election of Makarios III to archbishop gave him the status of the ethnarch of Cyprus”
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    Makarios III
    Greek Orthodox bishop and archbishop of Cyprus and the first president of independent Cyprus (1913-1977)
    type of:
    ruler, swayer
    a person who rules or commands
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The words on this list all share the root ethn, from the Greek ethnos, meaning "people, nation." Work your way through these lists focused on Greek and Latin roots representing people and the social units they form: Gen, Ethn, Dem, Popul, Soc, Civ, Anthrop

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