See coryphaeus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "chief or leader of an interest or party",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "корифеј"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "chief or leader of an interest or party",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "korifej"
}
],
"word": "coryphaeus"
}
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