Thesaurus results for PHARAOH

pharaoh

noun

ˈfer-(ˌ)ō

as in dictator

a person who uses power or authority in a cruel, unjust, or harmful way like some pharaoh of a third-world country, more interested in building monuments to himself than in creating a future for his people

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Recent Examples of pharaoh For the first time since King Tut’s tomb was discovered in 1922, all of the pharaoh’s treasures will be stored in one place. —

Christian Orozco, NBC news, 31 Oct. 2025 The announcement comes weeks after officials announced that a pharaoh's priceless bracelet had been stolen the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. —

Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2025 The mysteries of Cleopatra’s death Despite her short life of just 39 years, Cleopatra made an impact on the ancient world as one of a handful of female rulers and the last pharaoh of Egypt. —

Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025 But part of the job of a pharaoh was to convey the message that the gods of the natural world were specifically and forever shining down upon them. —

Vanessa Taylor, Big Think, 25 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pharaoh

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The country’s longtime dictator, Mobutu Sese Seko, had been overthrown, and a new order was being shaped under the rebel leader Laurent-Désiré Kabila.

— Nicolas Niarchos, Vanity Fair, 20 Feb. 2026
That job turned out to involve flying around the world in high style—often to places run by oligarchs, dictators, and fellow royals, on the basis that they would be flattered to deal with a prince.

— Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 19 Feb. 2026