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Synonyms for Ephor:
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- ban ,
- juror ,
- jurywoman ,
- peer review ,
- pretor ,
- reader ,
- ref ,
- reviewer ,
- rewriting ,
- supreme authority ,
- tax assessor ,
- ump ,
- arbiter ,
- arbitrator ,
- assessor ,
- barrister ,
- censor .
What are the hypernyms for Ephor?
A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.
Other hypernyms:
administrator, authority, lawmaker, leader, magistrate, official, representative, ruler, Government Official, public officer.
Usage examples for Ephor
Having calculated and considered all this, agreeably to his plan of keeping the two sides equal, he now sent for the Peloponnesians and gave them pay, and concluded with them a third treaty in words following: In the thirteenth year of the reign of Darius, while Alexippidas was Ephor at Lacedaemon, a convention was concluded in the plain of the Maeander by the Lacedaemonians and their allies with Tissaphernes, Hieramenes, and the sons of Pharnaces, concerning the affairs of the King and of the Lacedaemonians and their allies.
"The History of the Peloponnesian War"
The Lacedaemonians, however, refused to give up the Boeotian alliance-the party of Xenares the Ephor, and such as shared their view, carrying the day upon this point-but renewed the oaths at the request of Nicias, who feared to return without having accomplished anything and to be disgraced; as was indeed his fate, he being held the author of the treaty with Lacedaemon.
"The History of the Peloponnesian War"
With these words he, as Ephor, himself put the question to the assembly of the Lacedaemonians.
"The History of the Peloponnesian War"
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