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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