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   Ar·chon

   /ˈärkän/

   

   noun

   • 1. each of the nine chief magistrates in ancient Athens.

   Word Origin late 16th century: from Greek arkhōn ‘ruler’, noun use of the present participle of arkhein ‘to rule’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. archonship noun

   Scrabble Points: 11

   • A

     1

   • R

     1

   • C

     3

   • H

     4

   • O

     1

   • N

     1

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