Usually means: Ruler of ancient Egypt; king.
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General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. pharaoh: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. pharaoh: Merriam-Webster
  3. pharaoh: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. Pharaoh: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. Pharaoh: Collins English Dictionary
  6. Pharaoh: Vocabulary.com
  7. Pharaoh, pharaoh: Wordnik
  8. pharaoh: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. Pharaoh, pharaoh: Wiktionary
  10. Pharaoh: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. Pharaoh: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. Pharaoh: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. pharaoh: Dictionary.com
  14. pharaoh: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. Pharaoh (Bible), Pharaoh (Book of Abraham), Pharaoh (Old English poem), Pharaoh (Wilbur Smith novel), Pharaoh (band), Pharaoh (computer game), Pharaoh (disambiguation), Pharaoh (film), Pharaoh (game), Pharaoh (module), Pharaoh (novel), Pharaoh (video game), Pharaoh: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Pharaoh: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. pharaoh: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. Pharaoh: Rhymezone
  19. Pharaoh: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. Pharaoh: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  21. pharaoh: FreeDictionary.org
  22. pharaoh: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. Pharaoh: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. Pharaoh: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Pharaoh: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Encyclopedia of the Orient (No longer online)
  2. PHARAOH: Masonic Dictionary
  3. pharaoh: A Word A Day

Religion (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Pharaoh: Easton Bible
  2. Pharaoh: Smith's Bible Dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. pharaoh, pharaoh: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. pharaoh: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (historical) The supreme ruler of Ancient Egypt; a formal address for the sovereign seat of power as personified by the "king" in an institutional role of Horus son of Osiris; often used by metonymy for Ancient Egyptian sovereignty
noun:  (uncountable, card games) The card game faro.
noun:  Any specific pharaoh.
noun:  Alternative form of pharaoh [(historical) The supreme ruler of Ancient Egypt; a formal address for the sovereign seat of power as personified by the "king" in an institutional role of Horus son of Osiris; often used by metonymy for Ancient Egyptian sovereignty]

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