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chil⋅i⋅arch

[kil-ee-ahrk]
–noun
(in ancient Greece) the military commander of 1000 men.

Origin:
1650–60; < L chiliarchēs (or chiliarchus) < Gk chiliárchēs (or chiliárchos), equiv. to chli(oi) 1000 + -archēs (or -archos) -arch


chil⋅i⋅arch⋅y, noun
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