satrap

It is the chief mate, the only figure of the ship's afterguard, who comes bustling forward at the cry of "All hands on deck!" He is the satrap of that province in the autocratic realm of the ship, and more personally responsible for anything that may happen there.

Harley, in turn, addressed him as: Man-Dog, Incorruptible One, Brass Tacks, Then Some, Sin of Gold, South Sea Satrap, Nimrod, Young Nick, and Lion-Slayer.

In person, Clement des Lupeaulx had the remains of a handsome man; five feet six inches tall, tolerably stout, complexion flushed with good living, powdered head, delicate spectacles, and a worn-out air; the natural skin blond, as shown by the hand, puffy like that of an old woman, rather too square, and with short nails--the hand of a satrap. His foot was elegant.

Mausolos was a chieftain who, as a satrap, governed Caria in south-west Turkey which was then part of the Persian empire.

In his translations in the main text Holmes aims for a modern, colloquial idiom (e.g., "authoritarian" rather than "satrap," p.

The result is that invitations to social doings of any charm or usefulness are directed almost exclusively to the satrap, who seldom delegates acceptances.

Its subsidiaries include the Chavit Tree Project, Satrap Power Corporation, Platinum Skies, Go Sport, Satrap Mining, travel documentary series Happy Life, Casha and the official host committee of the 65th Miss Universe.

Conversely India definitely does not need a man, a regional satrap for that matter, so conceited and full of himself that he cannot see anyone better than himself even in his own party though there is no dearth of better deserving ones than himself there; a man who thinks it a weakness to admit mistakes and worse still to apologize for past blunders (to err and correct oneself is human for ordinary mortals); a man who wants his diktats to be last word on all matters regarding development of a nation with such diversity from region to region.

I expected the former to take from the needy to give to the greedy, but for the latter to continue this policy and also make us a satrap of America thus making us a target for terrorists and involving us in endless wars, was a real betrayal of trust - and I state this as a former Labour Party member.

But then again, the satrap of claptrap gets more spin out of an article than Shane Warne on the wicket at Lords!