Definitions
Etymologies
- Middle English pharao, from Old English, from Late Latin pharaō, from Ancient Greek φαραώ (pharaṓ), from Hebrew פַּרְעֹה (par‘ōh), from Egyptian 𓉐𓉻 (pr-ˁ3, "great house"), from 𓉐 (pr, "house") + 𓉻 (ˁ3, "big"). (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Similarly, the term pharaoh was named after the residence of the ruler.”
“The title pharaoh (per ` o, Great House), previously used to refer to the royal palace, was now used to refer to the king himself.”
e. The New Kingdom and the Third Intermediate Period (18th-24th Dynasties)
“The pharaoh was a builder but his most famous pyramids were not what he wanted.”
“Now, for the first time he is being called pharaoh by opponents.”
“BOETTCHER: He also referred to President George Bush as a modern-day pharaoh, which is heavily weighted in the Koranic text, a lesson that tells of the failure of arrogance and how the pharaohs fell because they thought they were equals to God.”
“That serpent which is sucking at the blood of the people, the property of the nomarchs, and the power of the pharaoh is the Phoenician!”
The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt
“Do as may please thee, but remember that the device of a pharaoh is a serpent, and a serpent is silence and discretion.”
The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt
“Egypt was weak; that her pharaoh was the shadow of a ruler.”
The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt
“In consequence of this the Egyptians in the days of their greatness formed as it were one person, in which the priestly order performed the role of mind, the pharaoh was the will, the people formed the body, and obedience gave cohesion.”
The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt
“And so "pharaoh" Mubarak was shoved into retirement, and the people rejoiced.”
The Huffington Post: William Astore: An Egyptian Revolution? It's Still Too Soon to Say
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘pharaoh’.
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A-R-A Words
It's an odd-looking pattern in English. Please add words if it makes you happy. :) K-POW! Wow @gulyasrobi!
scarab, Arawak, Sahara, Arab, pharaoh, caravan, carat, parachute, arachnid, Saran Wrap, Sarah, tarantella and 492 more...
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Postscripture ✞
Terms associated with the Christianity, The Bible, etc. I have a related, but more narrow list called Imbible Code.
A related list is Words Associated With Jesus.apostole, pharaoh, sodom, babel, sabbath, baptize, cherub, elohim, lapsarian, crucifixion, nephilim, hosanna and 195 more...
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Realia from Everywhere
Culturally defined terms and expressions from the four corners of the world
fjord, mistral steppe, tornado, tsunami, polder, kiwi, koala, sequoia, Abominable Snowman, paprika, spaghetti, empanada and 299 more...
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♥
ambrosia, inamorata, gossamer, lily-white, hummingbird, roucoulement, poppy, daisy, calypso, lunula, lamb, dove and 1526 more...
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JesusIsLord's Words
debauchery, plethora, wiki, numinous, wormwood, scribe, gelded, mithridate, orthogonal, jaculiferous, jaculate, jactitation and 415 more...
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The Sog Collection
My big word list.
chaos, flaccid, empirical, flotsam, cacophony, grumble, assuage, awe, romance, mortality, coalesce, fortuitous and 3282 more...
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P is for Porch Dog
My P Words
paddington, paddy wagon, paddy whack, paddywhack, paisano, pandemonium, pantaloon, pantaloons, paper tiger, papoose, parachute pants, parcel and 109 more...
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words found to be generally pleasing
alabaster, mahogany, camphor, coalesce, spire, portmanteau, gadabout, palaver, dolor, dour, dun, luminesce and 610 more...
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the omnibus
preponderance, idioglossia, acumen, heteronym, flux, anacoluthon, metonymy, impetus, constellation, exegesis, revelatory, cloistered and 877 more...
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Take Me To Your Whosit
About leaders, particularly the authority-figure at the top of the tree.
leader, chief, boss, cap'n, executive, president, head, tsar, alpha male, alpha female, conductor, dean and 127 more...
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my dictionary
able, abnormally, abroad, absent, abstract, acceptable, acceptance, access, accessible, accession, according to, account and 4551 more...
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dienekes's Words
chutzpah, lexicon, intrepid, pedagogical, schlemiel, schism, erudite, anathema, pugilist, jaunty, paradigm, automaton and 949 more...
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christy927's list
...all my favorite words...
chrysalis, mahogany, indigo, elysian, rubenesque, cataclysmic, scythe, archaic, gaelic, trollop, sycamore, canopy and 279 more...
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astrosfan's Words
pantaloons, schadenfreude, astonishing, eve, static, freeze, luscious, voluptuous, stagnant, mimic, speed, vespertillinoid and 302 more...
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poetic & exotic
gloaming, nacreous, limpid, lambent, limn, elegiac, arenaceous, boreal, harlequin, sphinx, alfresco, coruscate and 109 more...
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nfk9595's Words
magnetohydrodynamics, bovine, epistle, gargantuan, kerfuffle, verbiage, morose, coup de main, elan, achtung, uber, verboten and 497 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for pharaoh.

chained_bear Blahahahha!!! Apr 21, 2010
mollusque *graohns* Apr 20, 2010
oroboros I just knew I'd get some *groans*! :o) Apr 20, 2010
bilby *groans some more* Apr 20, 2010
thtownse That is a classic! Thank you! Additional praise! Apr 20, 2010
reesetee GROAN Apr 20, 2010
oroboros Off to School...
A wealthy New York businessman who sent his two daughters to the University of California's Los Angeles campus in the hope that they would find something unusual to study there that would stir them out their apathy. He was considerably alarmed, however, when they wrote back to tell him that they both had decided to specialize in research on ancient Egyptian plumbing.
He immediately sent them a telegram which read, "Under no circumstances will I support a couple of Pharaoh Faucet Majors!" Apr 20, 2010