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Webster 1913 Edition
Polemarch
Pol′e-march
,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
,Noun.
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.