satrap

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Each satrapy was administered by a royal governor called a satrap, usually a trusted Persian or Median noble.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

With Akhmad gone, Putin had a vacancy for a Chechen satrap, and Ramzan was perfect for the role.

From The Guardian • Sep. 23, 2015

Atta Mohammad Noor, a former warlord, is the immensely wealthy satrap of Balkh province in the north.

From Economist • Jul. 10, 2014

Among the people who saw him before he left the "pen" was his lawyer: U. S. Congressman Benjamin M. Colder, a son-in-law of Mastbaum, late satrap of cinemaland in Philadelphia.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sat′rapal, relating to a satrap or to a satrapy; Sā′trap-crowned, crested, like the golden-crested wren of North America.—n.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various