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PHARAOH OF EGYPT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The title of the ancient Egyptian kings
Synonyms:
Pharaoh; Pharaoh of Egypt
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Pharaoh of Egypt" is a kind of...):
ruler; swayer (a person who rules or commands)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Pharaoh of Egypt"):
Cheops; Khufu (Egyptian Pharaoh of the 27th century BC who commissioned the Great Pyramid at Giza)
Instance hyponyms:
Tutankhamen (Pharaoh of Egypt around 1358 BC; his tomb was discovered almost intact by Howard Carter in 1922)