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pharao

pharao is the alternative form of pharaoh.

Meaning of pharaoh

Noun

pharaoh (countable and uncountable, plural pharaohs)

  1. (historical) The supreme ruler of Ancient Egypt; a formal address for the sovereign seat of power as personified by the "king" in an institutional role of Horus son of Osiris; often used by metonymy for Ancient Egyptian sovereignty
    • Instances: see Thesaurus:pharaoh
  2. (uncountable) The card game faro.
    • "I pray, when I play pharaoh at White's, that the cards fall as they have come to my hand in this large gamble," Anstis said.1945, Robert Hardy Andrews, Burning gold

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Forms of pharao

pluralpharaos

Questions about pharao

What is pharao the alternative form of?
Pharao is the alternative form of pharaoh.

Words near pharao in the dictionary

  1. phaphdas
  2. PHAR
  3. phara
  4. Pharae
  5. Pharamond
  6. pharao
  7. pharaoh
  8. pharaoh ant
  9. pharaoh ants
  10. Pharaoh's beans
  11. pharaoh's chicken

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