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Satrap vs President - What's the difference?

satrap | president |

As nouns the difference between satrap and president

is that satrap is satrap (governor of a province in ancient persia) while president is an honorific for the head of state of a republic; see president (definition 1).

satrap

English

(wikipedia satrap)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A governor of a Persian province.
  • A petty ruler.

    • Derived terms

    * satrapy * satrapal

    Anagrams

    * ---- ==Serbo-Croatian==

    Noun

    • Declension

    {{sh-decl-noun , satrap, satrapi , satrapa, satrapa , satrapu, satrapima , satrap, satrape , satrape, satrapi , satrapu, satrapima , satrapom, satrapima }}

    president

    English

    (wikipedia president)

    Alternative forms

    * (l) (honorifically) * (archaic)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The head of state of a republic, a representative democracy and sometimes a dictatorship.
  • * 2007 , Benjamin Camins, Hillary Is the Best Choice, Page 144
    • The vast majority of presidents have been male .
  • Primary leader of a corporation. Not to be confused with CEO, which is a related but separate position that is sometimes held by a different person.
  • A person presiding over a meeting, chair, presiding officer, presider.
    • (Francis Bacon)

    Synonyms

    * prez (humorous or informal)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Occupying the first rank or chief place; having the highest authority; presiding.
  • * Milton
    • His angels president / In every province.
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