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Definition of pharaoh noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

pharaoh

noun

/ˈfeərəʊ/

/ˈferəʊ/

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a political leader of ancient Egypt
Word OriginMiddle English: via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek Pharaō, from Hebrew par‘ōh, from Egyptian pr-‘o ‘great house’.

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