Tetrarch
Definition & Meaning
Pronunciation /ˈtɛtɹɑɹk/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Tetrarch is a noun meaning A governor or ruler of a quarter of a country, especially of a fourth part of a province in or client state of Ancient Rome.
Meaning
A governor or ruler of a quarter of a country, especially of a fourth part of a province in or client state of Ancient Rome.
More Meanings
- Each of the four members of a jointly ruling tetrarchy, notably of the Roman Empire since Diocletian.
- An officer in charge of a fourth part of a phalanx in Ancient Greece.
- (botany) Having four vascular strands in a fibrovascular cylinder or stele.
Word Forms
- tetrarchs
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include propraetor, procurator, exarch, hexarch, eparch, dictator.
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