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polemarch
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polemarch, n. [Gr. ; war + leader, from to be first.].
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]
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