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chiliarch|ˈkɪlɪɑːk|
[mod. ad. L. chiliarchēs, -archus, a. Gr. χιλιάρχης, -ος, f. χίλιοι + ἀρχός ruler, f. ἄρχ-ειν to rule. In mod.Fr. chiliarque.]
The commander of a thousand men; properly a term of Greek or Roman History.
1656Blount Glossogr., Chiliarch, a Collonel, Captain, or Commander of a thousand men. 1788Gibbon Decl. & F. (1802) VI. xxxiii. 15 Appointing eighty chiliarchs, or commanders of thousands. 1879C. Geikie Christ lx. 742 The chiliarch in command of the garrison. |