satrap
- n a governor of a province in ancient Persia
- Fundamentalist opinion to the contrary, Lewis was not Satan's satrap.
- Only chance for quick success depended on bribing the local Ethiopian satrap, Ras Yayou, who styles himself "Sultan of Aussa.
- Yin and yang are the roles they assume offstage as well, as Xiaolou has an affair with a courtesan (Gong Li, the imperious queen of Chinese cinema) and Dieyi flirts with the satrap .