ephor
noun
eph·or ˈe-fər 
-ˌfȯr
1
: one of five ancient Spartan magistrates having power over the king
2
: a government official in modern Greece
especially : one who oversees public works
ephorate
ˈe-fə-ˌrāt
noun 
Word History
Etymology
Latin ephorus, from Greek ephoros, from ephoran to oversee, from epi- + horan to see — more at wary
First Known Use
1579, in the meaning defined at sense 1
- representatives-at-large
- representativities
- representativity
- representator
- represented
- representee
- representer
- representers
- representing
- representment
- representments
- representor
- represents
- repress
- repressed
- repressed inflation
- represser
- repressers
- represses
- repressibilities
- repressibility
- repressible
- repressibleness
- repressing
- repression