hipparch

British

/ ˈhɪpɑːk /

noun

(in ancient Greece) a cavalry commander

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Etymology

Origin of hipparch

C17: from Greek hippos horse + _-arch

Example Sentences

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And he, being an hipparch at the Panathenæa, erected a seat close to the statues of Mercury for Aristagora, higher than the Mercuries themselves.

From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us

The notion that the hipparch is to ride at a slower pace than his phylarchs, and to handle his horse precisely in their style, seems to me below the dignity of the office.

From The Cavalry General by Dakyns, Henry Graham

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