Hypertext Webster Gateway: "satrap"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
satrap
n : a governor of a province in ancient Persia
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