polemarch

British  

/ ˈpɒlɪˌmɑːk /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of polemarch

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

Example Sentences

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 Dakyns, Henry Graham

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

He was treated with equal friendliness by Antigonus’s son Demetrius, who made him polemarch of Thespiae, and by Antigonus Gonatas, at whose court he died at the age of 104.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various

For myself, and acting in obedience to the law, which empowers the polemarch to apprehend all persons suspected of capital crimes, I hereby seize the person of Ismenias as an arch-fomenter of war.

From Hellenica by Dakyns, Henry Graham

The polemarch, Calimachus, who then had the casting vote, decided for immediate action.

From Ancient States and Empires by Lord, John