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oecists

oecists is the plural of oecist.

Meaning of oecist

Noun

oecist (plural oecists)

  1. (Ancient Greece) A founder of a colony.
    • Euarchos of Katane has no patronymic or pedigree, nor, though oecist of a secondary colony, is he associated with an oecist from the original metropolis, Chalkis.1970, Molly Miller, The Sicilian Colony Dates, SUNY Press, →ISBN, page 46

Questions about oecists

What is oecists the plural of?
Oecists is the plural of oecist.

Words near oecists in the dictionary

  1. OECD
  2. oeci
  3. oecidium
  4. OECism
  5. oecist
  6. oecists
  7. oecium
  8. oecobiid
  9. oecobiids
  10. oecologic
  11. oecologies

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