Definitions for polemarch
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1. Polemarch

   A polemarch (, from Ancient Greek: πολέμαρχος, polemarchos) was a senior military title in various ancient Greek city states (poleis). The title is derived from the words polemos (war) and archon (ruler, leader) and translates as "warleader" or "warlord". The name indicates that the polemarch's original function was to command the army; presumably the office was created to take over this function from the king. The title held a high position in Athenian society, alongside the archon eponymos and the archon basileus. In Modern Greek, polemarchos means warlord.

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1. Polemarchnoun

   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

2. Etymology: [Gr. ; war + leader, from to be first.]

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1. Polemarch

   A polemarch was a senior military title in various ancient Greek city states. The title is composed out of the polemos and archon and translates as "warleader" or "warlord", one of the nine archontes appointed annually in Athens. The name indicates that the polemarchos original function was to command the army; presumably the office was created to take over this function from the king. Eventually military command was transferred to the strategoi, but the date and stages of the transfer are not clear. At Marathon in 490 BC the strategoi debated and voted on strategy, but Callimachus the polemarch had a casting vote, and he was the leader; it is disputed whether that means he was the real, or merely the titular commander-in-chief. Certainly the polemarchos no longer had military authority after 487/486 BC, when archontes were appointed by lot and it could not be expected that every polemarch would make a competent commander. Thereafter the polemarch's main functions were legal. In the 4th Century BC, he had charge of trials of metics' family, inheritance, and status cases, and of the allocation to tribe-judges of other private actions involving metics; and it is likely that at an earlier period, his responsibilities for cases involving aliens were more extensive. He also conducted certain sacrifices and arranged the funeral ceremony for men killed in war.

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1. Polemarch

   pol′e-mark, n. a title of several officials in ancient Greek states.

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1. polemarch

   The commander-in-chief of an ancient Greek army.

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1. polemarch

   In Grecian antiquity, was originally the commander-in-chief, but afterwards, a civil magistrate who had under his care all strangers and sojourners in the city.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of polemarch in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of polemarch in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

References

1. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polemarch
2. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/polemarch
3. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=polemarch
4. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=polemarch
5. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=polemarch
6. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html