- choregus
- The financial backer in ancient Greece, usually of a play
Grandiloquent dictionary. 2006.
choregus
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choregus — variant of choragus * * * /keuh ree geuhs, kaw , koh /, n., pl. choregi / juy/, choreguses. choragus. * * * choregus var. choragus … Useful english dictionary
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