pharaohs

noun

Definition of pharaohsnext
plural of pharaoh
as in dictators
a person who uses power or authority in a cruel, unjust, or harmful way like some pharaoh of a third-world country, more interested in building monuments to himself than in creating a future for his people

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  1. dictators
  2. tyrants
  3. rulers
Noun
  • The Arab Spring movement in the 2010s didn't prevent the reemergence of dictators in the Middle East and North Africa.
    Michael Kugelman, NPR, 21 Dec. 2024
  • Shih, the expert on Chinese elite politics, said many dictators, from former Soviet leader Joseph Stalin to Mao, have eventually turned against their own proteges.
    Nectar Gan, CNN, 15 Dec. 2024
Definition of dictators
Noun
  • The Middle East is a region of tyrants, from Iran to Saudi Arabia.
    John Feffer, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
  • The greatest of all tyrants thunders onto screen in this thrilling story of fossil discovery by three young boys.
    Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 8 Dec. 2024
Definition of tyrants
Noun
  • The Hanukkah celebration dates back to the second century BC when Greek rulers tried to force Jews to abandon their religion and adapt to Greek cultural practices instead.
    Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 23 Dec. 2024
  • In Hammurabi's ancient Babylon, rulers were already worried about capping interest rates to protect borrowers from exploitation.
    Boaz Sobrado, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
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