harmost

[ hahr-most ]

noun

1. a person serving the ancient Spartans as governor of a subject or conquered town.

Word History and Origins

Origin of harmost¹

1765–75; < Greek harmostḗs, derivative of harmózein to regulate, govern, join

Example Sentences

From the moment she turned to the window at Monsieur Harmost's, she had determined to go to her father's.

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And Monsieur Harmost, whose exterior covered much sensibility, stroked her hand.

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She found Monsieur Harmost fidgeting up and down the room, whose opened windows could not rid it of the smell of latakia.

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When she had finished, Monsieur Harmost, bending forward, lifted one of her hands and put his lips to it.

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Fiorsen ran forward, stretching out his arms toward Monsieur Harmost, as if to take him by the throat.

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