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Pharaoh [ˈfɛərəʊ] n
(Historical Terms) the title of the ancient Egyptian kings [Old English Pharaon, via Latin, Greek, and Hebrew ultimately from Egyptian pr-`o great house] Pharaonic [fɛəˈrɒnɪk] adj ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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| This fanciful writer pretends that its name was given to it after the passage of the Israelites, when Pharaoh perished in the waves which closed at the voice of Moses. There amid the steam of vegetables and the vapours of acres of "ham and," the crash of crockery, the clatter of steel, the screaming of "short orders," the cries of the hungering and all the horrid tumult of feeding man, surrounded by swarms of the buzzing winged beasts bequeathed us by Pharaoh, Milly steered her magnificent way like some great liner cleaving among the canoes of howling savages. wonders sent 'midst thee, On Pharaoh and his servants too |
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