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/fˈɛroʊ/ /fˈeɪroʊ/ Listen

noun

Pharaoh n.

A title by which the sovereigns of ancient Egypt were designated.

See Faro.

Pharaoh's chicken (Zool.), the gier-eagle, or Egyptian vulture; so called because often sculpured on Egyptian monuments. It is nearly white in color.

Pharaoh's rat (Zool.), the common ichneumon.

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Etymology of 'Pharaoh'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Pharaoh" Quotes from Famous Books

... pass that when Pharaoh had made an end of giving commandment that the children of Israel should deliver the daily tale of bricks, but should not be furnished with any straw wherewith to make them, but should instead go into ...

— Bricks Without Straw • Albion W. Tourgee

... piper that played before Pharaoh!" ejaculated Phineas Roebach, at last brought to a point where he had to admit that no reasonable explanation would fit the conditions confronting them, "tell me this: What has become of the Arctic Ocean?" "You can search me!" drawled Jack. "I can assure you, Mr. ...

— On a Torn-Away World • Roy Rockwood

... the change and improvement in drawing which assisted in making Brussels' supremacy and in bringing Gothic art to perfection, is the fine hanging in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. (Plate facing page 57.) It depicts with beautiful naivete and much realism the discomfiture of Pharaoh and his army floundering in the Red Sea, while the serene and elegant children of Israel contemplate their distress with well-bred calm from the flowery banks ...

— The Tapestry Book • Helen Churchill Candee

... said hard words of San Francisco; they must scarce be literally understood (one cannot suppose the Israelites did justice to the land of Pharaoh); and the city took a fine revenge of me on my return. She had never worn a more becoming guise; the sun shone, the air was lively, the people had flowers in their button-holes and smiles upon their faces; and as I made my way towards ...

— The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 13 (of 25) • Robert Louis Stevenson

... deliver the children of Israel from Egypt, he was equipped with miraculous power that he might convince Pharaoh and the Egyptians what was the will of Jehovah; but not more so than are the prophetic students of this day; for the presence of the Divine gleams forth all around in the miracles of prophecy now so wonderfully fulfilling ...

— The Lost Ten Tribes, and 1882 • Joseph Wild

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