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執政官

简执政官 · 繁執政官

Mandarin · pinyin zhí zhèng guān

consul (of the Roman Republic)
magistrate (chief administrator)

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政: zhèng · government, political affairs
官: guān · official, public servant
执: zhí · hold in hand; keep; carry out

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2–4–1 · zhi2 zheng4 guan1

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noun

ruling official — (historical) archon (chief magistrate of ancient Athens)
ruling official — (historical) consul (either of the two heads of government and state of the Roman Republic or the equivalent nominal post under the Roman and Byzantine Empires)
ruling official — (historical) consul (any of the three heads of government and state of France between 1799 and 1804)
ruling official — captain regent (either of the two heads of state of San Marino)

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