satrapy
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of satrapy
1595–1605; < Latin satrapia < Greek satrapeía, equivalent to satrape-, stem of satrápēs satrap + -ia -y 3
Example Sentences
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This isn’t the first time Musk has treated the companies he controls, whether private or publicly-traded, all as arms of his personal satrapy.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2024
The only area not made into a satrapy was the Persian heartland, which was governed directly by the king.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
By early February, Belarus had become a satrapy.
From New York Times • Mar. 30, 2022
But what about everybody else in the benighted little satrapy?
From Forbes • Mar. 31, 2015
Sat′rapal, relating to a satrap or to a satrapy; Sā′trap-crowned, crested, like the golden-crested wren of North America.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
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