harmost

[ hahr-most ]

noun
  1. a person serving the ancient Spartans as governor of a subject or conquered town.

Origin of harmost

1
1765–75; <Greek harmostḗs, derivative of harmózein to regulate, govern, join

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How to use harmost in a sentence

  • From the moment she turned to the window at Monsieur harmost's, she had determined to go to her father's.

    Beyond | John Galsworthy
  • And Monsieur harmost, whose exterior covered much sensibility, stroked her hand.

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  • She found Monsieur harmost fidgeting up and down the room, whose opened windows could not rid it of the smell of latakia.

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  • When she had finished, Monsieur harmost, bending forward, lifted one of her hands and put his lips to it.

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  • Fiorsen ran forward, stretching out his arms toward Monsieur harmost, as if to take him by the throat.

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