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Definition: Tetrarch
Tetrarch
\Te"trarch\, a.
Four. [Obs.] --Fuller.
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Tetrarch
\Te"trarch\, n. [L. tetrarches, Gr. ?, ?; te`tra- (see
Tetra-) + ? a ruler, ? to lead; rule: cf. F. t['e]trarque.
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Arch, a.] (Rom. Antiq.)
A Roman governor of the fourth part of a province; hence, any
subordinate or dependent prince; also, a petty king or
sovereign.
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