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Pharaoh

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Phar·aoh also phar·aoh  (fâr, fr)
n.
1. A king of ancient Egypt.
2. A tyrant.

[Middle English Pharao, from Late Latin Phara, from Greek, from Hebrew par', from Egyptian pr-'' : pr, house + '', great.]

Phara·onic (fâr-nk) adj.

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
Noun1.PharaohPharaoh - the title of the ancient Egyptian kings
Cheops, Khufu - Egyptian Pharaoh of the 27th century BC who commissioned the Great Pyramid at Giza
ruler, swayer - a person who rules or commands; "swayer of the universe"
Translations
Pharaoh [ˈfɛərəʊ] NFaraón m
Pharaoh [ˈfɛərəʊ] npharaon m
Pharaoh
nPharao m; the tombs of the Pharaohsdie Pharaonengräber pl
Pharaoh [ˈfɛərəʊ] nfaraone m
Pharaoh [ˈfɛərəʊ] nfaraone m


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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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