Satrap

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Satrap \Sa"trap\ (? or ?; 277), n. [L. satrapes, Gr. ?, fr.
     OPers. khshatrap[=a]van ruler: cf. F. satrape.]
     The governor of a province in ancient Persia; hence, a petty
     autocrat despot.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  satrap
       n : a governor of a province in ancient Persia