HEROD

PRONUNCIATION: (HER-uhd)

MEANING: noun: A cruel and wicked tyrant.

ETYMOLOGY: After Herod the Great (74/73 BCE - 4 BCE), King of Judea under Roman authority. Earliest documented use: 1405.
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HERID - what they ask a woman for at every health-facility encounter

THEROD - if you have a spare one your child will be spoiled...or something like that

HER ODD - cryptic puzzle definition for the Personnel Department (these days called "HR" instead)