satrap

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Each satrapy was administered by a royal governor called a satrap, usually a trusted Persian or Median noble.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

With Akhmad gone, Putin had a vacancy for a Chechen satrap, and Ramzan was perfect for the role.

From The Guardian • Sep. 23, 2015

Atta Mohammad Noor, a former warlord, is the immensely wealthy satrap of Balkh province in the north.

From Economist • Jul. 10, 2014

Only chance for quick success depended on bribing the local Ethiopian satrap, Ras Yayou, who styles himself "Sultan of Aussa."

From Time Magazine Archive

There is not a satrap or viceroy in the empire who does not desire his neighbor's ruin.

From The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great by Fuller, Robert H.