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polemarchs

polemarchs is the plural of polemarch.

Meaning of polemarch

Noun

polemarch (plural polemarchs)

  1. (historical, Ancient Greece, originally) The military commander-in-chief in Athens, one of the nine archonts.
  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 (city) states, a high military and civil officer.

Questions about polemarchs

What is polemarchs the plural of?
Polemarchs is the plural of polemarch.

Words near polemarchs in the dictionary

  1. poleless
  2. polelike
  3. polem-
  4. poleman
  5. polemarch
  6. polemarchs
  7. polembryony
  8. polemen
  9. polemic
  10. polemical
  11. polemicall

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