English Explanatory Dictionary

stasiarch

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. leader of a sedition

Word forms

stasiarch stasiarchs

Etymology

From either or both of the synonymous Ancient Greek nouns στασιάρχης (stasiárkhēs) and/or στασίαρχος (stasíarkhos, “chief of a band”; “leader in sedition”), from στάσις (stásis, “part”, “band”; “sedition”) + either -άρχης (-árkhēs, “-ruler”) or ἀρχός (arkhós, “leader”).

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