Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A lawgiver; a legislator; one of the six inferior archons at Athens.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Gr. Antiq.) A lawgiver; a legislator; one of the six junior archons at Athens.

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  • noun A junior archon in Ancient Greece.

Etymologies

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Ancient Greek

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Examples

  • Then this small thesmothete stepped from the table, and surged out of the hall, her black silk dress licking up a few straws and dragging them along with a scratching noise upon the floor.

    Far from the Madding Crowd 1874

  • Then this small thesmothete stepped from the table, and surged out of the hall, her black silk dress licking up a few straws and dragging them along with a scratching noise upon the floor.

    Far from the Madding Crowd 1874

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