satrap
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Tyrant, Satrap, Pharaoh, Khan, Caesar, Emperor, Tsar and Kaiser have left their sulphurous trail across the pages of history.
From Time Magazine Archive
Now go to the Satrap Idernes and say to him that if he would have speech with the bearer of the King's seal which all must obey, he will find him at Memphis.
From The Ancient Allan by Haggard, Henry Rider
Satrap, a governor of a province under the ancient Persian monarchy, with large military and civil powers; when the central authority began to wane, some of them set up as independent rulers.
From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by Nuttall, P. Austin
In return for a great present a certain attendant of the Satrap of Babylon informed him that misfortune was threatening Phoenicia.
From The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt by Curtin, Jeremiah
The Satrap answered with a submissive bend of the head, and separated with a few attendants from the main body of the Emperor's train.
From Waverley Novels — Volume 12 by Scott, Walter, Sir
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Chapter 7: The Ancient Greeks
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