polemarch

/ (ˈpɒlɪˌmɑːk) /

noun

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

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Word Origin for polemarch

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

Words nearby polemarch

pole hammer, pole horse, pole house, poleis, pole jump, polemarch, pole mast, polemic, polemicize, polemics, polemist

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Example sentences from the Web for polemarch

Each of these moræ of the citizens has one polemarch, four centurions, eight captains of fifty, and sixteen enomotarchs.
The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume I (of X) - Greece|Various
Polemarch, pol′e-mark, n. a title of several officials in ancient Greek states.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R)|Various
After the death of Phoebidas the Lacedaemonians despatched a polemarch with a division by sea to form the garrison of Thespiae.
Hellenica|Xenophon
It devolves, finally, on the polemarch to see that all goes well.
The Polity of the Athenians and the Lacedaemonians|Xenophon

Thus the chief archon, the official guardian of orphans and The polemarch.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5|Various

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