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nomarch

nomarch noun: the governor of an ancient Egyptian nome.

Noun

nomarch (plural nomarchs)

  1. (historical) The governor of an ancient Egyptian nome.
  2. The chief administrator of a modern Greek nomarchy.
    • The boys had made kokoretsi out of the intestines and offal of the goat they had taken from the resentful nomarch of the village, and were watching it sizzle in the cinders of the fire.1994, Louis de Bernières, Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Minerva, published 1995, page 229

Forms of nomarch

pluralnomarchs

Origin of nomarch

From Ancient Greek νομάρχης (nomárkhēs), νόμαρχος (nómarkhos), corresponding to nome + -arch.

Questions about nomarch

What does nomarch mean?
Nomarch means the governor of an ancient Egyptian nome.
What part of speech is nomarch?
Nomarch is a noun.
What is the plural of nomarch?
The plural of nomarch is nomarchs.

Words near nomarch in the dictionary

  1. noman's lands
  2. nomancy
  3. Nomansland
  4. NOMAP
  5. NOMAPs
  6. nomarch
  7. nomarchies
  8. nomarchs
  9. nomarchy
  10. Nomarski
  11. Nomarski prism

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