Etymology

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Today it means: A man positioned in front of an epistates in an Ancient Greek phalanx. Full definition →

Ancient Greek πρωτοστάτης
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  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromπρωτοστάτης
  2. English todayprotostates

Ancient Greek πρωτοστάτης (prōtostátēs, literally “one who stands first or in front”).

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