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toxarchs

toxarchs is the plural of toxarch.

Meaning of toxarch

Noun

toxarch (plural toxarchs or toxarches)

  1. The captain of a group of archers in ancient Greece, particularly the mercenaries at Athens.
    • […] that the post of toxarch had to be filled afresh three times in one year. At the opening of the campaign it was held by Clearchus, Attalus being in command of the Agrianians.1907, Henry Smith Williams, Greece to the Roman conquest, page 280

Questions about toxarchs

What is toxarchs the plural of?
Toxarchs is the plural of toxarch.

Words near toxarchs in the dictionary

  1. toxants
  2. toxaphene
  3. toxaphenes
  4. toxarch
  5. toxarches
  6. toxarchs
  7. toxascarosis
  8. Toxcatl
  9. toxemia
  10. toxemia of pregnancy
  11. toxemias

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