strategus

noun

stra·te·gus | \ strəˈtēgəs\

variants: or strategos \ " , -ˌgäs \

plural strategi\ -ēˌjī \ or strategoi\ -ēˌgȯi \

Definition of strategus

1 : a leader of an ancient and especially an ancient Greek army

2 : an officer associated with the hipparch as chief executive of the boule in the Achaean and Aetolian Leagues

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