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ethnarch

noun
eth·narch | \ˈethˌnärk\
plural -s

Definition of ethnarch 

: the governor of a province or people (as of the Byzantine Empire) the ethnarch of Cyprus

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First Known Use of ethnarch

1602, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for ethnarch

Greek ethnarchēs ruler of a tribe or nation, from ethnos nation + -archēs, from archos ruler

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