"Sao" meaning in Yoruba

{
  "etymology_text": "Possibly of Edo origin, its existence in other Ekiti towns may also suggest an Ekiti origin, an association with Edo may be the Sao's role in fighting against Bini invasions into Ekitiland. The first Sao of Akure is believed to have arrived to Akure during the reign of Oba Gbogi (late 17th century).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Sàò",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "proper noun",
        "head": "Sàò",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Sàò",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "proper noun",
        "2": "Sàò"
      },
      "expansion": "Sàò",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Sàò"
      },
      "expansion": "Sàò",
      "name": "yo-prop"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yoruba",
  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ekiti Yoruba",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "yo",
          "name": "Titles",
          "orig": "yo:Titles",
          "parents": [
            "People",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a high-ranking warrior chief in several Yoruba towns. The Sàò is usually the highest ranking chief in the warrior class of a kingdom (in Akure, this class is known as Ùkómọ). Sàò is also a chief priest of the deity Ògún."
      ],
      "id": "en-Sao-yo-name-OudcyY-D",
      "links": [
        [
          "high",
          "high"
        ],
        [
          "ranking",
          "ranking"
        ],
        [
          "warrior",
          "warrior"
        ],
        [
          "chief",
          "chief"
        ],
        [
          "Yoruba",
          "Yoruba"
        ],
        [
          "towns",
          "towns"
        ],
        [
          "priest",
          "priest"
        ],
        [
          "deity",
          "deity"
        ],
        [
          "Ògún",
          "Ogun#Yoruba"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Ekiti) a high-ranking warrior chief in several Yoruba towns. The Sàò is usually the highest ranking chief in the warrior class of a kingdom (in Akure, this class is known as Ùkómọ). Sàò is also a chief priest of the deity Ògún."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "Balógun"
        },
        {
          "word": "ogun"
        },
        {
          "word": "Ológun"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Ekiti"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/sà.ò/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Sao"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "Possibly of Edo origin, its existence in other Ekiti towns may also suggest an Ekiti origin, an association with Edo may be the Sao's role in fighting against Bini invasions into Ekitiland. The first Sao of Akure is believed to have arrived to Akure during the reign of Oba Gbogi (late 17th century).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Sàò",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "proper noun",
        "head": "Sàò",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Sàò",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "proper noun",
        "2": "Sàò"
      },
      "expansion": "Sàò",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Sàò"
      },
      "expansion": "Sàò",
      "name": "yo-prop"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yoruba",
  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "name",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Balógun"
    },
    {
      "word": "ogun"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ológun"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ekiti Yoruba",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
        "Yoruba lemmas",
        "Yoruba proper nouns",
        "Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "yo:Titles"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a high-ranking warrior chief in several Yoruba towns. The Sàò is usually the highest ranking chief in the warrior class of a kingdom (in Akure, this class is known as Ùkómọ). Sàò is also a chief priest of the deity Ògún."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "high",
          "high"
        ],
        [
          "ranking",
          "ranking"
        ],
        [
          "warrior",
          "warrior"
        ],
        [
          "chief",
          "chief"
        ],
        [
          "Yoruba",
          "Yoruba"
        ],
        [
          "towns",
          "towns"
        ],
        [
          "priest",
          "priest"
        ],
        [
          "deity",
          "deity"
        ],
        [
          "Ògún",
          "Ogun#Yoruba"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Ekiti) a high-ranking warrior chief in several Yoruba towns. The Sàò is usually the highest ranking chief in the warrior class of a kingdom (in Akure, this class is known as Ùkómọ). Sàò is also a chief priest of the deity Ògún."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Ekiti"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/sà.ò/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Sao"
}