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hegemon

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heg⋅e⋅mon

  [hej-uh-mon]
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–noun
a person, nation, etc., that has or exercises hegemony.
Origin:
1900–05; < Gk hēgemn leader, guide
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heg·e·mon   (hěj'ə-mŏn')   
n.  One that exercises hegemony.

[Greek hēgemōn, leader, from hēgeisthai, to lead; see sāg- in Indo-European roots.]
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