strategos
Americannoun
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It is an imposing sight when the strategos in charge of the maneuvers, a stately man in a red chlamys, gives the final word "March!"
From A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life by William Stearns Davis
Daoud could serve the Basileus brilliantly, as a strategos, a general, or as a mediator between Byzantines and Saracens.
From The Saracen: The Holy War by Robert Shea
A certain dependence upon the Greek Empire was recognised, for in Zara the strategos, the catapan, and the proconsul of Dalmatia appear even after the time of the Croatian kings.
From The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton) Jackson
If this last maneuver is successfully accomplished, the strategos will compliment the drill sergeants; for it is notoriously difficult to turn a ponderous phalanx around and yet make it keep good order.
From A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life by William Stearns Davis
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