Etymology

toxarch

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Today it means: The captain of a group of archers in ancient Greece, particularly the mercenaries at Athens. Full definition →

Ancient Greek τόξαρχος
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  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromτόξαρχος“captain of the archers”
  2. English todaytoxarch

From Ancient Greek τόξαρχος (tóxarkhos, “captain of the archers”) (see τόξον (tóxon) and -arch).

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