pharaoh

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English

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Tutankhamun, a pharaoh

Alternative forms

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  • pharao (the supreme ruler of ancient Egypt)
  • Pharaoh (the supreme ruler of ancient Egypt)
  • pharaon (archaic)

Etymology

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From Middle English pharao (also as pharaon, farao, faraon, etc.), from Old English pharao, from Late Latin Pharaō, from Ancient Greek Φαραώ (Pharaṓ), from Hebrew פַּרְעֹה (par‘ōh), from Egyptian pr-ꜥꜣ (palace, pharaoh, literally pr (house) + ꜥꜣ (great, big)).

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pharaoh (countable and uncountable, plural pharaohs)

  1. (historical) 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
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pharaoh
  2. (uncountable, card games) The card game faro.
    • 1945, Robert Hardy Andrews, Burning gold:
      "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.

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