Ĕph'or, n.

(ēf'or), n. [Gr. ἔφορος, overseeing, overseer, from ἐφορᾶν, to oversee, from ἐπὶ and ὁρᾶν, to see; Lat. ephorus, Fr. éphore.] One of five magistrates chosen by the people of ancient Sparta, as a check on the regal power, or, according to some writers, on the senate.