- polemarch
- polemarch (n.) "commander of the army," 1570s, from Gk. polemarkhos, from polemos "war" + arkhos "leader, chief, ruler" (see ARCHON (Cf. archon)).
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Polemarch — Pol e*march, n. [Gr. ?; ? war + ? leader, from ? to be first.] (Gr. Antiq.) In Athens, originally, the military commanderin chief; but, afterward, a civil magistrate who had jurisdiction in respect of strangers and sojourners. In other Grecian… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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polemarch — pol·e·march … English syllables
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