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epistates

Today it means: A superintendent or overseer in Ancient Greece. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ἐπιστάτης

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Ancient Greek · borrowed fromἐπιστάτης
English todayepistates

From Ancient Greek ἐπιστάτης (epistátēs).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.