polemarch
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of polemarch
C16: from Greek polemarchos, from polemos war + archos ruler
Example Sentences
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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
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
These they fell foul of, and the senior polemarch was just on the point of closing with them "breast to breast" when some one, it is said, shouted, "Let their front ranks pass."
From Hellenica by Dakyns, Henry Graham
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
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)
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