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hegemon

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heg·e·mon  (hj-mn)
n.
One that exercises hegemony.
[Greek hgemn, leader, from hgeisthai, to lead; see sg- in Indo-European roots.]
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Noun1.hegemon - a leading or paramount power
great power, major power, superpower, world power, power - a state powerful enough to influence events throughout the world


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Homer, for example, makes men better than they are; Cleophon as they are; Hegemon the Thasian, the inventor of parodies, and Nicochares, the author of the Deiliad, worse than they are.
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