مِدْرَهٌ
Root: دره
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مِدْرَهٌ
A noble chief or lord; so called because he is strong to execute affairs, and ventures upon them suddenly: and a headman, or chief, (مُقَدَّم, [so in the copies of the K, but the right reading is probably مُقْدِم, i. e. bold,]) in respect of tongue, on the occasion of contention, or disputation; and in arm, or hand, on the occasion of fight: or the headman and spokesman of a people, or party: or the spokesman and defender of a people, or party: or مِدْرَهُ قَوْمٍ means the defender of a people, or party; the chief, or headman, among them: or the headman and orator and spokesman and defender of a people, or party: and مِدْرَهُ حَرْبٍ means the same; or the chief by whom evil is repelled, and who orders, or arranges, the affairs of war: pl. مَدَارِهُ.
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