gymnasiarch

[ jim-ney-zee-ahrk ]

noun
  1. (in ancient Greece) a magistrate who superintended the gymnasia and public games in certain cities.

Origin of gymnasiarch

1
1650–60; <Latin gymnasiarchus master of a gymnasium <Greek gymnasíarchos, equivalent to gymnási(on) (see gymnasium1) + -archos-arch

Other words from gymnasiarch

  • gym·na·si·arch·y, noun

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How to use gymnasiarch in a sentence

  • He becomes a cadet; again he has to fear the drill-master, the physical trainer, the fencing-master, the gymnasiarch.

  • Wheler also gives an inscription in "honour of Callimachus, Scribe and gymnasiarch," and several others.

  • Rather gain one prize from the Choragus than ten from the gymnasiarch.

    Philothea | Lydia Maria Child
  • I would rather gain one prize from the Choragus, than ten from the gymnasiarch.

    Philothea | Lydia Maria Child

British Dictionary definitions for gymnasiarch

gymnasiarch

/ (dʒɪmˈneɪzɪˌɑːk) /


noun
  1. (in ancient Greece) an official who supervised athletic schools and contests

  2. obsolete the governor or chief tutor of an academy or college

Origin of gymnasiarch

1
C17: from Latin, from Greek gymnasiarchos, from gymnasion gymnasium + -archos ruling

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