chiliarch

noun

chil·​i·​arch

ˈkilēˌärk

plural -s

: the commander of a thousand men in ancient Greece

Word History

Etymology

Greek chiliarchēs, chiliarchos, from chilioi thousand + -archēs, -archos -arch

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