Associations to the word «Polemarch»

Wiktionary

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

Wise words

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