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ar⋅chon

  [ahr-kon]
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–noun
1. a higher magistrate in ancient Athens.
2. any ruler.
Origin:
1650–60; < Gk árchōn magistrate, ruler, n. use of prp. of árchein to be first, rule; see archi-

Related forms:
ar⋅chon⋅ship, noun
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ar·chon   (är'kŏn', -kən)   
n.  

  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.


[Latin archōn, from Greek arkhōn, from present participle of arkhein, to rule.]
ar'chon·ship' n.
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Word Origin & History

archon 
one of the nine chief magistrates of ancient Athens, 1659, from Gk. arkhon "ruler," prp. of arkhein "to rule," from PIE *arkhein- "to begin, rule, command," a "Gk. verb of unknown origin, but showing archaic Indo-European features ... with derivatives arkhe
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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