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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Tetrarch \Te"trarch\, adjective Four. [Obs.] --Fuller.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Tetrarch \Te"trarch\, noun [L. tetrarches, Gr. ?, ?; te'tra- (see {Tetra-}) + ? a ruler, ? to lead; rule: cf. F. t['e]trarque. See {Arch}, adjective] (Rom. Antiq.) A Roman governor of the fourth part of a province; hence, any subordinate or dependent prince; also, a petty king or sovereign.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Tetrarch strictly the ruler over the fourth part of a province; but the word denotes a ruler of a province generally (Matt. 14:1; Luke 3:1, 19; 9:7; Acts 13:1). Herod and Phasael, the sons of Antipater, were the first tetrarchs in Palestine. Herod the tetrarch had the title of king (Matt. 14:9).
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Tetrarch, governor of a fourth part
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