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pharaoh

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Scrabble points
15
Words With Friends
14
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈfɛː.ɹəʊ/(UK)
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/ˈfɛː.ɹəʊ/(UK) · /ˈfɛə.ɹəʊ/(UK) · /ˈfæɹ.oʊ/(US) · /ˈfɛ(ə)ɹ.oʊ/(US)

Definition of pharaoh

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, historical, uncountable)The supreme ruler of Ancient Egypt; a formal address for the sovereign seat of power as personified by the "king" in an institutional role of Horus son of Osiris; often used by metonymy for Ancient Egyptian sovereignty
    “Instances: see Thesaurus:pharaoh”
    “And the Egyptians ſhall know that I am the Lord, when I haue gotten me honour vpon Pharaoh, vpon his charets, and vpon his horſemen.”
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noun

  1. (countable, historical, uncountable)The supreme ruler of Ancient Egypt; a formal address for the sovereign seat of power as personified by the "king" in an institutional role of Horus son of Osiris; often used by metonymy for Ancient Egyptian sovereignty
    “Instances: see Thesaurus:pharaoh”
    “And the Egyptians ſhall know that I am the Lord, when I haue gotten me honour vpon Pharaoh, vpon his charets, and vpon his horſemen.”
  2. (uncountable)The card game faro.
    “"I pray, when I play pharaoh at White's, that the cards fall as they have come to my hand in this large gamble," Anstis said.”
  3. (alt-of)Alternative letter-case form of pharaoh.

name

  1. Any specific pharaoh.
    “And the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I have gotten me honour upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen.”

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Etymology

From Middle English pharao (also as pharaon, farao, faraon, etc.), from Old English Pharao, from Late Latin Pharaō, from Koine Greek Φαραώ (Pharaṓ), from Biblical Hebrew פַּרְעֹה (Parʿō), from Egyptian pr:aA (pr-ꜥꜣ, “palace; pharaoh”, literally “pr (“house”) + ꜥꜣ (“great, big”)”)

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