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pharaoh

noun

ˈfer-(ˌ)ō

Definition of pharaoh

as in dictator

a person who uses power or authority in a cruel, unjust, or harmful way like some pharaoh of a third-world country, more interested in building monuments to himself than in creating a future for his people

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Recent Examples of pharaoh Her male counterparts were also well represented, with pharaohs donning headdresses of various eras, their outfits playing on the contrast between polished, hammered, engraved and even beaded golds. — Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 9 June 2026 Last month, officials announced the discovery of a massive statue believed to depict the powerful pharaoh often linked to Exodus. — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 22 May 2026 The Arab Republic of Egypt (1953) stakes a natural claim to the Rosetta Stone, which was commissioned in 196 BCE by a Greek-speaking pharaoh of Macedonian descent, and unearthed near Alexandria by French engineers in 1799. — Literary Hub, 18 May 2026 To tell the pharaoh's story in depth, NPR art director Jackie Lay lays out Hatshepsut's history through illustrations. — Brittney Melton, NPR, 3 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for pharaoh

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In 1953, Castro and more than 100 others attacked the Moncada Barracks in Santiago de Cuba in an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow dictator Fulgencio Batista.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026
Syria sentenced former dictator Bashar Al-Assad to death in absentia for war crimes.

— Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of dictator

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However, his team describes Fred as a tyrant, who is uncaring and belligerent and micro-manages everything.

— Mary Crossan, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
In his fullest public argument yet about his thinking, Thiel and co-author Sam Wolfe write the figure of ultimate evil is best understood not as a monster or a tyrant but as a technocrat.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 18 July 2026

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