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
- dog-tired
- dog-toes
- dog-whistle
- dogana
- Great Rift Valley
- Great River Road
- great room
- Great Russian
- great saint ber
- Great Saint Bernard
- great Saint-John's-wort
- great sallow
- Great Salt Lake
- Great Salt Lake Desert
- Great Sand Dunes National Park
- great sanicle
- great scale
- Great Scott
- great seal
- great silver fir
- great skua
- Great Slave Lake
- Great Smoky Mountains
- great snipe
- great Solomon's-seal