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shepherd kings

shepherd kings noun: the Hyksos.

Noun

shepherd kings pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) the Hyksos

Origin of shepherd kings

Translating Greek βασιλείς ποιμένες, a mistranslation of Egyptian heqa khoswe ‘foreign rulers’.

Questions about shepherd kings

What does shepherd kings mean?
Shepherd kings means the Hyksos.
What part of speech is shepherd kings?
Shepherd kings is a noun.

Words near shepherd kings in the dictionary

  1. shepherd
  2. shepherd dog
  3. shepherd dogs
  4. Shepherd Islands
  5. shepherd king
  6. shepherd kings
  7. shepherd moon
  8. shepherd moons
  9. shepherd satellite
  10. shepherd satellites
  11. shepherd spider

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