nomarch
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek νομάρχης (nomárkhēs), νόμαρχος (nómarkhos), corresponding to nome + -arch.
Noun
nomarch (plural nomarchs)
- (historical) The governor of an ancient Egyptian nome. [from 19th c.]
- The chief administrator of a modern Greek nomarchy. [from 19th c.]
- 1994, Louis de Bernières, Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Minerva 1995, p. 229:
- The boys had made kokoretsi out of the intestines and offal of the goat they had taken from the resentful nomarch of the village, and were watching it sizzle in the cinders of the fire.
- 1994, Louis de Bernières, Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Minerva 1995, p. 229:
Translations
head of a Greek nomarchy
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Anagrams
- chroman, march on, monarch