Chief and Pharaoh

Chief

Chief noun - The main or greater part of something as distinguished from its subordinate parts.

Pharaoh and chief are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pharaoh" instead a noun "Chief".

Nearby Word: chiefly

Pharaoh

Pharaoh noun - A person who uses power or authority in a cruel, unjust, or harmful way.
Usage example: like some pharaoh of a third-world country, more interested in building monuments to himself than in creating a future for his people
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Synonyms for Pharaoh

Chief and Pharaoh are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Chief" instead a noun "Pharaoh".

Both words in one sentence

  • Pharaoh Sebekhotep III sends his chief cupbearer and chief baker to prison, where Joseph interprets their dreams.
  • Badass Preacher Moses and Aaron stood up to the Egyptian Pharaoh, and would later become the chief prophet and chief priest respectively.
  • Pharaoh Sebekhotep III has a series of dreams which, on the advice of his chief cupbearer, he has interpreted by Joseph.
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