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Webster 1913 Edition


Satrap

Sa′trap

(? or ?; 277)
,
Noun.
[L.
satrapes
, Gr. [GREEK], fr. OPers.
khshatrapāvan
ruler: cf. F.
satrape
.]
The governor of a province in ancient Persia; hence, a petty autocrat despot.

Webster 1828 Edition


Satrap

SAT'RAP

,
Noun.
In Persia, an admiral; more generally, the governor of a province.