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oekist

oekist is the alternative form 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

Forms of oekist

pluraloekists

Questions about oekist

What is oekist the alternative form of?
Oekist is the alternative form of oecist.

Words near oekist in the dictionary

  1. oeillades
  2. OEing
  3. OEIS
  4. OEISs
  5. oekaki
  6. oekist
  7. oekists
  8. OEL
  9. Oelkers
  10. Oelkerses
  11. Oella

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