n. One of any group of rulers or chiefs.In botany, having four centripetally developed xylem plates: said of some radial vascular cylinders.n. A stele which has four plerome strands.n. In the Roman empire, the ruler of the fourth part of a country or province in the East; a viceroy; a subordinate ruler.n. The commander of a subdivision of a Greek phalanx.Four principal or chief.