Dictionary entry

Ephor

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Eph″or (?), n.; pl.Ephors (#), L. Ephori (#). [L. ephorus, Gr. �, fr. � to oversee; � + � to see: cf. F. éphore.] (Gr. Antiq.) A magistrate; one of a body of five magistrates chosen by the people of ancient Sparta. They exercised control even over the king.