archon (AHR-kon) noun
A high official or ruler.
[From Latin archon, from Greek arkhon (magistrate), from arkhein (to be first, to rule). An archon was one of the nine principal magistrates in ancient Athens.]
-Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org)
"Nick Sylvester, editor of The Harvard Lampoon calls James Murphy 'The supreme eminent archon of dance.'"
-- Tammy la Gorce; From Sulking Teenager to the King of Disco-Punk; The New York Times; May 22, 2005.
[Now you know where they got the term from for that ST:TOS episode with the zombie-people!]
Monday, October 29, 2007
Word of the Day: Archon
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