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taxiarch Anc. Gr. Hist.|ˈtæksɪɑːk|
[ad. Gr. ταξίαρχ-ος, f. τάξι-ς taxis + ἀρχός, f. ἄρχειν to rule.]
The commander of a taxis: see taxis 3.
1808Mitford Hist. Greece I. v. iv. 287 The rank of the [Athenian] Taxiarch..was nearly that of our colonel. 1837Wheelwright tr. Aristophanes II. 269 A taxiarch or general, to receive some share of honour. 1846Grote Greece ii. viii. II. 607 The tribe appears to have been the only military classification known to Athens, and the taxiarch the only tribe-officer for infantry, as the phylarch was for cavalry, under the general-in-chief. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) V. 83 The generals thus elected shall propose the taxiarchs or brigadiers. |