hipparch

/ (ˈhɪpɑːk) /

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noun

(in ancient Greece) a cavalry commander

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Word Origin for hipparch

C17: from Greek hippos horse + -arch

Words nearby hipparch

hiphugger, hip-huggers, hip joint, hiplength, hipp-, hipparch, Hipparchus, Hipparchus satellite, hippeastrum, hipped, hipped roof

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How to use hipparch in a sentence

The following conversation with a youth who had just been elected hipparch (or commandant of cavalry), I can also vouch for.
The Memorabilia|Xenophon
The two kings now sent to beg for aid; and asked that Lycortas should come as commander-in-chief, and Polybius as hipparch.
The Histories of Polybius, Vol. I (of 2)|Polybius
When the hipparch led Hermon into this place a number of people had already assembled there.
Arachne, Complete|Georg Ebers
Yet as soon as Hermon, leaning on the young hipparch's arm, approached her, she rose and cordially extended both hands to him.
Arachne, Complete|Georg Ebers

It was the young hipparch who had studied in Athens and accompanied the commandant of Pelusium to Tennis the year before.
Arachne, Complete|Georg Ebers