polemarch
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of polemarch
C16: from Greek polemarchos, from polemos war + archos ruler
Example Sentences
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Now that the transactions were concluded, another polemarch was chosen in place of Ismenias, and Leontiades at once set out to Lacedaemon.
From Hellenica by Henry Graham Dakyns
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
A vice-admiral, a polemarch, or field officer, shall be elected after the same manner, by the scrutiny of the Council of War.
From The Commonwealth of Oceana by James Harrington
Then the polemarch entered, but owing to the wide space between the double walls, as soon as they came to form in line within, the intruders were impressed by the paucity of their numbers.
From Hellenica by Henry Graham Dakyns
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
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