polemarch
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of polemarch
C16: from Greek polemarchos, from polemos war + archos ruler
Example Sentences
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And when no one said he knew him, learning that he was defending some suits and had lost others before the polemarch, I too obtained suit against him there.
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
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 Francis W. (Francis Whiting) Halsey
It devolves, finally, on the polemarch to see that all goes well.
From Polity Athenians and Lacedaemonians by Henry Graham Dakyns
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
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