Satrap

Word SATRAP
Character 6
Hyphenation sa trap
Pronunciations /ˈseɪtɹæp/

Definitions and meanings of "Satrap"

What do we mean by satrap?

A governor of a province in ancient Persia. noun

A ruler. noun

A subordinate bureaucrat or official. noun

A governor of a province under the ancient Persian monarchy; hence, a viceroy or petty prince acting under an autocratic superior; figuratively, a despotic official under a tyrant. noun

The governor of a province in ancient Persia; hence, a petty autocrat despot. noun

A governor of a Persian province. noun

A petty ruler. noun

A governor of a province in ancient Persia noun

A governor of a Persian province.

A subordinate ruler.

Somone of large importance Someone cool A pimp or player from ancient persia, meaning governer Urban Dictionary

A medical condition that causes you to not be able to trust a fart. Urban Dictionary

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The word "satrap" in example sentences

Chosroes, or the artifice of Heraclius, soon alienated the mind of that powerful satrap from the service of his king and country. ❋ Unknown (1206)

If Bessus killed Darius and took the throne, that would drag out the fight, especially as the satrap was a skilled warrior and general who had the loyalty of the Bactrians and other eastern provinces. ❋ Philip Freeman (2011)

Krüger thinks, of Eastern Armenia; Tiribazus being called satrap of ❋ 431 BC-350? BC Xenophon (1844)

Massingberd, &c. As to umbrellas, there are Oriental scholars who can inform your inquirers that the word "satrap" is traceable to words whose purport is, the bearer of an umbrella. ❋ Various (N/A)

[10] A "satrap" was originally a governor of a province in ancient ❋ Sven Anders Hedin (1908)

A Saka satrap Bhumaka established Scythian power on the northwest coast (c. ❋ Unknown (2001)

(sunny), the scribe or secretary of Kehum, who was a kind of satrap of the conquered province of Judea and of the colony of ❋ Unknown (1884)

"satrap," "palladium," and "Argus-eyed" in the proof, with little relevancy as to position or place, and no perceptible effect as to argument. ❋ Bret Harte (1869)

Gift, a Persian governor (Heb. pehah, i.e., "satrap;" modern ❋ M.G. Easton (1897)

Anglian priests went on a mission to the heathen Saxons, and, while waiting for the decision of the "satrap," "devoted themselves to prayer and psalm-singing, and daily offered to God the sacrifice of the Saving ❋ William Holden Hutton (1895)

Just as he was approaching the borders of Bactria, Alexander received news that made him regret his hasty decision to reappoint Satibarzanes as satrap of Aria. ❋ Philip Freeman (2011)

Asclepiodorus, probably a Greek, was put in charge of collecting taxes from the province, while the former Persian satrap Mazaeus was reconfirmed in his previous office. ❋ Philip Freeman (2011)

The king chased after the satrap but was unable to catch him, so he turned back to the mountain, where the majority of the soldiers had taken refuge. ❋ Philip Freeman (2011)

He left behind the satrap Abulites in his previous office, following the pattern he had established with Mazaeus at Babylon, but once again appointed loyal Macedonians to command the military. ❋ Philip Freeman (2011)

Many other Persians must have felt the same way, but the Babylonian satrap led the way in switching his allegiance to the Macedonian king. ❋ Philip Freeman (2011)

The satrap had complied and now sent his own son to meet the king and escort him to the city by way of the nearby Choaspes River—an important symbolic gesture as this was the stream from which the Great King drank. ❋ Philip Freeman (2011)

Alexander had sent one of his officers directly to Susa after the battle at Gaugamela with a demand that the local Persian satrap, Abulites, prepare the city for surrender along with a stern warning to leave the treasury untouched. ❋ Philip Freeman (2011)

More important to Alexander, the satrap also brought along a staggering forty thousand talents of gold and silver bullion, enough money to fund the Macedonian army and indeed the whole empire for years to come. ❋ Philip Freeman (2011)

[Mr].[Woodburn] is a satrap! ❋ Neil O (2004)

[Sorry boss] I can't make it to work today, I got the [satrap] from eating [Chipotle]. ❋ Shit Smell (2016)

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