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faro (FAIR oh) (noun)
A card game in which the players lay wagers on the top card of the dealer's pack: While traveling in France, the friends were trying to learn how to play the game of faro.
farrow (FAIR oh) (noun)
A collection of newly born pigs: The farmer was happy to see such a good farrow of new piglets when he went to the barn.
Pharaoh (FAIR oh, FAY roh) (noun)
A king of ancient Egypt or a reference to a "tyrant": The Pharaoh is the title of the rulers of ancient Egypt, who usually combined the roles of king and god.

Pharaoh is used today as a synonym for the king of ancient Egypt. Much expense of labor, money, and treasure was involved in their funeral rites, as shown by the pyramids and the tombs; such as, that of Tutankhamen.

Each line of kings formed a dynasty, of which there were 31 in all, the peaks of power and development being known as the Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms. The term originally and literally meant the "great house" referring to the living quarters of the king which was the royal palace.

The institution of kingship in ancient Egypt was centered around the concept that the Pharaoh was himself divine, a god among the gods, and therefore on a plane above mankind.

From the time of the New Kingdom (starting in the 18th dynasty, 1539-1292 B.C.), the term came to be used for kings of Egypt; however, the term Pharaoh was never formally the king's title.

—Compiled from information found in the
Encyclopaedia Britannica; William Benton, Publisher; Chicago;
1968; Volume 8, page 44.

When the Pharaoh played faro, the prize for the winner was a farrow of baby pigs.

This entry is located in the following unit: Confusing Words Clarified: Group F; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. + (page 2)