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.

Satrap

SAT'RAP

,

Noun.

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

Satrap

See also: satrap

German

Noun

Satrap m

satrap (governor of a province in Ancient Persia)

satrap

See also: Satrap

English

Noun

satrap ‎(plural satraps)

A governor of a Persian province.
A petty ruler.

Derived terms

Translations

governor of a Persian province

Armenian: սատրապ (hy) ‎(satrap)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 總督 (zh), 总督 (zh) ‎(zǒngdū), 太守 (zh) ‎(tàishǒu)
Finnish: satraappi (fi)
French: satrape (fr) m
German: Satrap (de) m
Ido: satrapo (io)
Italian: satrapo m

Japanese: サトラップ ‎(satorappu), 総督 ‎(そうとく, sōtoku), 太守 ‎(たいしゅ, taishu)
Macedonian: сатрап m ‎(sátrap)
Middle Persian: 𐭱𐭮𐭯 ‎(šasab)
Persian: ساتراپ (fa) ‎(sâtrâp), شهرب ‎(šahrab)
Portuguese: sátrapa (pt) m
Russian: сатра́п (ru) m ‎(satráp)
Spanish: sátrapa m

Anagrams

Patras, Sparta

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Latin satrapēs ‎(“governor”), from Ancient Greek σατράπης ‎(satrápēs), from Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐏂𐎱𐎠𐎺𐎠 ‎(xšaçapāvā, “protector of the province”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sǎtrap/
Hyphenation: sat‧rap

Noun

sàtrap m ‎(Cyrillic spelling са̀трап)

satrap

Declension

Declension of satrap

	singular	plural
nominative	satrap	satrapi
genitive	satrapa	satrapa
dative	satrapu	satrapima
accusative	satrap	satrape
vocative	satrape	satrapi
locative	satrapu	satrapima
instrumental	satrapom	satrapima

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Satrap

Sa′trap

Webster 1828 Edition

Satrap

SAT'RAP

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Satrap

Satrap

German

Noun

satrap

satrap

English

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