Polemarch

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.


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