'Polemarch' definitions:

Definition of 'Polemarch'

From: GCIDE
  • Polemarch \Pol"e*march\, n. [Gr. ?; ? war + ? leader, from ? to be first.] (Gr. Antiq.) In Athens, originally, the military commanderin-chief; but, afterward, a civil magistrate who had jurisdiction in respect of strangers and sojourners. In other Grecian cities, a high military and civil officer. [1913 Webster]