сатрап
/[sɐˈtrap]/
Bulgariannoun
Definitions
- 1.satrap (a governor of a province in ancient Persia)
- 2.oppressor, despot, tyrant, someone who governs unjustly, cruelly, or harshly; someone, who has power over other people and treats them cruelly, suppressing their freedoms
Synonyms & related words
Synonyms
- упра́вител
- наме́стник
- поти́сник
- наси́лник
- самовла́стник
- господа́р
- деспо́т
- тира́н
- тира́нин
Etymology
Borrowed from Greek σατράπης (satrápis, “governor”), from Ancient Greek σατράπης (satrápēs), ultimately from Old Median *xšaθrapāwan- (literally “kingdom-protector”).
Forms
- сатра́пcanonical • masculine
- satrápromanization
- сатра́пindefinite • singular
- сатра́пиindefinite • plural
- сатра́пътdefinite • singular • subjective
- сатра́питеdefinite • plural • subjective
- сатра́паdefinite • objective • singular
- сатра́питеdefinite • objective • plural