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herdekonung.

shepherd king

11 characters4 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

noun

  1. shepherd king

    common-gender

  2. shepherd kings (Hyksos rulers of the 15th dynasty of ancient Egypt)

    common-gender · plural · plural-only
Where this word comes from

Compound of herde + konung. In sense 2, ultimately a calque of Ancient Greek βασιλεῖς ποιμένες (basileîs poiménes, “shepherd kings”), likely a mistranslation of Egyptian ḥqꜣw-ḫꜣswt (heqau-khasut, “rulers of foreign lands”).

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