English Explanatory Dictionary

polemarch

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The military commander in chief in Athens, one of the nine archonts.
  2. A civil magistrate in Athens who had jurisdiction in respect of strangers and sojourners.
  3. In other Greek (city) states, a high military and civil officer.

Pronunciation

/ˈpɑləˌmɑɹk/

Word forms

polemarch polemarchs

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πολέμαρχος (polémarkhos). By surface analysis, polem- + -arch.

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