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tetrarchs

tetrarchs is the plural of tetrarch.

Meaning of tetrarch

Noun

tetrarch (plural tetrarchs)

  1. A governor or ruler of a quarter of a country, especially of a fourth part of a province in or client state of Ancient Rome.
  2. Each of the four members of a jointly ruling tetrarchy, notably of the Roman Empire since Diocletian.
  3. An officer in charge of a fourth part of a phalanx in Ancient Greece.

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Questions about tetrarchs

What is tetrarchs the plural of?
Tetrarchs is the plural of tetrarch.

Words near tetrarchs in the dictionary

  1. tetrarchate
  2. tetrarchates
  3. tetrarchic
  4. tetrarchical
  5. tetrarchies
  6. tetrarchs
  7. tetrarchy
  8. tetraribonucleotide
  9. tetraribonucleotides
  10. tetraric acid
  11. tetraric acids

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