Meanings
plural taxiarchs
- historicalAncient GreeceAn Athenian military officer commanding a certain division of an army.
In recognition of his services in the education of the women of Athens, he was buried with the honors of a taxiarch, by special orders […]
1968, James Grant Wilson, John Fiske, Appleton's Cyclopædia of American Biography1 more example
The Taxis of the Athenian service, like the Lochus of the Lacedæmonian, was analogous to our battalion, and the rank of the Taxiarch, its commander, as of the Lochage, was nearly that of our colonel.
1838, William Mitford, History of Greece, revised edition, volume 1, section IV, chapter V
Origin
- Ancient Greekταξῐαρχος“taxiarch”
- Englishtaxiarch
From Ancient Greek ταξῐαρχος (taxĭarkhos, “taxiarch”), from τάξις (táxis, “body of soldiers”) + ἀρχός (arkhós, “leader, commander”). Equivalent to taxi- + -arch.
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