English Explanatory Dictionary

chiliarch

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A commander of a thousand troops in Hellenistic Greece.

Word forms

chiliarch chiliarchs

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek χιλίαρχος (khilíarkhos) via Latin chiliarchus.

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