polemarch

/ (ˈpɒlɪˌmɑːk) /

(in ancient Greece) a civilian official, originally a supreme general

Word Origin for polemarch

C16: from Greek polemarchos, from polemos war + archos ruler

pole-vault, poleax, poleaxe, polecat, poleis, polemarch, polemic, polemicize, polemics, polemist, polemize

Each of these moræ of the citizens has one polemarch, four centurions, eight captains of fifty, and sixteen enomotarchs.

The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume I (of X) - Greece |Various
Polemarch, pol′e-mark, n. a title of several officials in ancient Greek states.

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) |Various
After the death of Phoebidas the Lacedaemonians despatched a polemarch with a division by sea to form the garrison of Thespiae.

Hellenica |Xenophon
It devolves, finally, on the polemarch to see that all goes well.

The Polity of the Athenians and the Lacedaemonians |Xenophon

Thus the chief archon, the official guardian of orphans and The polemarch.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 |Various