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Webster 1913 Edition

Ethnarch

Eth′narch

,

Noun.

[Gr. [GREEK]; [GREEK] nation + [GREEK] leader, commander. See

.]

(Gr. Antiq.)

The governor of a province or people.

Lew Wallace.

Definition 2024

ethnarch

ethnarch

English

Noun

ethnarch ‎(plural ethnarchs)

(historical, Ancient Greece) The governor of a province or people.
- Lew Wallace, Ben-Hur
  In the course of the struggle with the unfortunate ethnarch, the nobles had found it expedient to attach themselves to Rome.