chiliarch
chiliarch noun: a commander of a thousand troops in Hellenistic Greece.
Noun
chiliarch (plural chiliarchs)
- A commander of a thousand troops in Hellenistic Greece.
- And Dadaces, the chiliarch, spear-struck,
Forth from his galley leapt with nimble bound.1886, Anna Swanwick (translator), The Dramas of Aeschylus, 4th edition, The Persians, page 220, lines 306–307 - When I had seen it, I halted and turned to look up at the peak on whose slope we walked. I could see the face now and its mitre of ice, and below it the left shoulder, where a thousand cavalrymen might have been exercised by their chiliarch.1982, Gene Wolfe, chapter XXIV, in The Sword of the Lictor (The Book of the New Sun; 3), New York: Timescape, →ISBN, page 179
- And Dadaces, the chiliarch, spear-struck,
chiliarch meaning in Persian
chiliarch in Persian
- a commander of a thousand troops in Hellenistic Greece
- هزاربد hezârbod
Forms of chiliarch
| plural | chiliarchs |
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Origin of chiliarch
Borrowed from Ancient Greek χιλίαρχος (khilíarkhos) via Latin chiliarchus.
Questions about chiliarch
- What does chiliarch mean?
- Chiliarch means a commander of a thousand troops in Hellenistic Greece.
- What is chiliarch in Persian?
- Chiliarch in Persian is هزاربد (hezârbod). See Chiliarch meaning in Persian.
- What part of speech is chiliarch?
- Chiliarch is a noun.
- What is the plural of chiliarch?
- The plural of chiliarch is chiliarchs.
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