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pharaohs

pharaohs is the plural 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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Noun capitalized: Pharaohs

Pharaohs

  1. (plural) plural of Pharaoh

Proper noun capitalized: Pharaohs

Pharaohs

  1. The Egypt national football team

Questions about pharaohs

What does pharaohs mean?
Pharaohs means the Egypt national football team.
What is pharaohs the plural of?
Pharaohs is the plural of pharaoh.
What part of speech is pharaohs?
Pharaohs can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near pharaohs in the dictionary

  1. Pharaoh's revenge
  2. Pharaoh's serpent
  3. Pharaoh's serpents
  4. pharaohess
  5. pharaohesses
  6. pharaohs
  7. pharaon
  8. pharaonic
  9. pharaonic circumcision
  10. pharaonic circumcisions
  11. pharaonical

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