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Webster 1913 Edition

Polemarch

Pol′e-march

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Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK]; [GREEK] war + [GREEK] leader, from [GREEK] to be first.]
(Gr. Antiq.)
In Athens, originally, the military commanderin-chief; but, afterward, a civil magistrate who had jurisdiction in respect of strangers and sojourners. In other Grecian cities, a high military and civil officer.

Webster 1828 Edition

Polemarch

POL'EMARCH

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Noun.
[Gr. war, and to rule, or chief.]
1.
Anciently, a magistrate of Athens and Thebes, who had under his care all strangers and sojourners in the city, and all children of parents who had lost their lives in the service of their country.
2.
A military officer in Lacedaemon.

Definition 2024

polemarch

polemarch

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Noun

polemarch ‎(plural polemarchs)

  1. (historical, Ancient Greece, originally) The military commander in chief in Athens.
  2. (historical, Ancient Greece) A civil magistrate in Athens who had jurisdiction in respect of strangers and sojourners.
  3. (historical, Ancient Greece) In other Greek cities, a high military and civil officer.

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