polemarch
/ˈpɑləˌmɑɹk/noun
polemarch is a noun meaning “The military commander-in-chief in Athens, one of the nine archonts” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled P-O-L-E-M-A-R-C-H, and it appears about once in every 69 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of polemarch is polemarchs.
What does polemarch mean?
noun
- 1
The military commander-in-chief in Athens, one of the nine archonts.
- 2
A civil magistrate in Athens who had jurisdiction in respect of strangers and sojourners.
- 3
In other Greek (city) states, a high military and civil officer.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce polemarch?
- US /ˈpɑləˌmɑɹk/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of polemarch
- polemarchs plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is polemarch?
Polemarch appears about once in every 69 million words in written English, the 262,293rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Polemarch in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense high officer in Ancient Greek states:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | polémarque |
| German | Polemarch |
| Portuguese | polemarca |
| Spanish | polemarca |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does polemarch come from?
From Latin polemarchus, from Ancient Greek πολέμαρχος (polémarkhos). By surface analysis, polem- + -arch.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).