polemarch

British  

/ ˈpɒlɪˌmɑːk /

noun

1. (in ancient Greece) a civilian official, originally a supreme general

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Etymology

Origin of polemarch

C16: from Greek polemarchos, from polemos war + archos ruler

Example Sentences

Each of these moræ of the citizens has one polemarch, four centurions, eight captains of fifty, and sixteen enomotarchs.

From The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume I (of X) - Greece by Halsey, Francis W. (Francis Whiting)

But the polemarch, completely engrossed by the pleasures of the table, thrust the letter under the pillow of his couch, exclaiming, "Serious matters to-morrow."

From A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest by Smith, William, Sir

Thus the chief archon, the official guardian of orphans and The polemarch.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" by Various

For in the investigation of the suit which this Aristodicus had against him, he objected to the suit being before the polemarch, and it was denied that he was a Plataean.

From The Orations of Lysias by Lysias

They alone held the two offices, those of polemarch and archon, which were instituted during the 8th century B.C. to restrict the powers of the kings.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" by Various