| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
| |
| archon |
| |
| SYLLABICATION: | ar·chon |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  är k n , -k n |
| NOUN: | 1. A high official; a ruler. 2. One of the nine principal magistrates of ancient Athens. 3. An authoritative figure; a leader: archons of cultural modernism. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin arch n, from Greek arkhn, from present participle of arkhein, to rule. | | OTHER FORMS: | archon·ship —NOUN
| | |
| |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
|
|
