Etymology

polemarch

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Today it means: The military commander-in-chief in Athens, one of the nine archonts. Full definition →

Latin polemarchus ← Ancient Greek πολέμαρχος
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπολέμαρχος
  2. Latin · borrowed frompolemarchus
  3. English todaypolemarch

From Latin polemarchus, from Ancient Greek πολέμαρχος (polémarkhos). By surface analysis, polem- + -arch.

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