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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a governor of a province in ancient Persia; 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Satrap \Sa"trap\ (? or ?; 277), n. [L. satrapes, Gr. ?, fr.
   OPers. khshatrap[=a]van ruler: cf. F. satrape.]
   The governor of a province in ancient Persia; hence, a petty
   autocrat despot.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

satrap
    n 1: a governor of a province in ancient Persia