polemarch
- (in ancient Greece) a civilian official, originally a supreme general
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Word Origin
C16: from Greek polemarchos, from polemos war + archos ruler
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Historical Examples
Then the polemarch ordered the ten-years-service men to charge and drive off their assailants.
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It devolves, finally, on the polemarch to see that all goes well.
Each of these moræ of the citizens has one polemarch, four centurions, eight captains of fifty, and sixteen enomotarchs.
Polemarch, pol′e-mark, n. a title of several officials in ancient Greek states.
Callimachus, the polemarch, commanded the right wing—the Plataeans formed the left.
Athens: Its Rise and Fall, CompleteEdward Bulwer-Lytton
Word Origin and History for polemarch
n.
"commander of the army" in Greek history, 1570s, from Greek polemarkhos "one who begins or leads a war," from polemos "war" + arkhos "leader, chief, ruler" (see archon).
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