Definition of "ephor" [eph•or]

• One of a body of five elected magistrates exercising a supervisory power over the kings of Sparta. (noun)

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• "He was present as ephor, in accordance with the custom which obliges two members of that board to serve on all military expeditions with the king, and with his colleague shared the political views represented by"
• "Stadium; when Endius was ephor at Sparta, and Pythodorus archon at"
• "Foteini Zafeiropoulou is ephor emerita of antiquities in the Greek Archaeological Service."