polemarch Meaning, Definition & Usage

Pol"e*march noun
Etymology
Gr. war + leader, from to be first.
Definitions
  1. (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.

Webster 1913