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CHORAGUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: choragi   

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

(ancient Greece) leader of a group or festival; leader of a chorus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("choragus" is a kind of...):

leader (a person who rules or guides or inspires others)

Domain category:

antiquity (the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe)

Domain region:

Ellas; Greece; Hellenic Republic (a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil)

Derivation:

choragic (pertaining to or characteristic of a choragus)

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