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chili·arch (kil′ē ärk′)

noun

in ancient Greece, the military commander of 1,000 men

Etymology: L chiliarches < Gr chiliarchēs < chilioi, a thousand + archos, leader

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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