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Definition of "satrapy" [sa•trap•y]

  • The territory or sphere under the rule of a satrap. (noun)
  • A nation, state, territory, or area controlled as if by a satrap: "No military legions from the West are going to liberate their Eastern European satrapies” ( John Hughes). (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "satrapy" in a sentence
  • "The man designated to rule a satrapy was a satrap."
  • "The twelfth satrapy, known as the satrapy of Sardis, or of Lydia."
  • "His work survives only in scattered fragments, but the intelligence he gathered allowed Darius to add the Indus valley to the Persian Empire as the twentieth satrapy."