Polemarch
Definition & Meaning
Pronunciation /ˈpɑləˌmɑɹk/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Polemarch is a noun meaning (historical, Ancient Greece, originally) The military commander in chief in Athens, one of the nine archonts.
Meaning
(historical, Ancient Greece, originally) The military commander in chief in Athens, one of the nine archonts.
More Meanings
- (historical, Ancient Greece) A civil magistrate in Athens who had jurisdiction in respect of strangers and sojourners.
- (historical, Ancient Greece) In other Greek (city) states, a high military and civil officer.
Word Forms
- polemarchs
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include enomotarch, tetrarch, agonothetes, gymnasiarch, symposiarch, pylagore.
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