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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the ruler of a province (as in the Roman Empire and Byzantine Empire) or certain religious rulers with secular authority;
- Example: "the election of Makarios III to archbishop gave him the status of the ethnarch of Cyprus"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ethnarch \Eth"narch\, n. [Gr. ?; ? nation + ? leader, commander.
   See -arch.] (Gr. Antiq.)
   The governor of a province or people. --Lew Wallace.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

ethnarch
    n 1: the ruler of a province (as in the Roman Empire and
         Byzantine Empire) or certain religious rulers with secular
         authority; "the election of Makarios III to archbishop gave
         him the status of the ethnarch of Cyprus"