ephor noun. ['ɛfɔ:] Also Ephor. Pl. ephors, ephori ['ɛfǝrʌɪ]. L16.
[Latin ephorus or its source Greek ephoros overseer, formed as EPI- + base of horan see.]
1. Greek History. In Sparta and other Dorian states, any of the magistrates with executive, judicial, and disciplinary power who came to have power over the king's conduct. L16.
2. In modern Greece: an overseer, a superintendent. E19.
3. A prefect at the Edinburgh Academy. L19.

■ ephoral [-f(ǝ)r(ǝ)l] adjective M19.

■ ephorate [-f(ǝ)rǝt] noun the office of ephor; the body of ephors: M19.

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