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‖ protospatharius|ˌprəʊtəʊspəˈθɛərɪəs|
Also in Fr. form protospat(h)aire.
[med.L. prōtospathārius, ad. Byzant. Gr. πρωτοσπαθάριος, f. πρωτο- proto- + σπαθάριος swordsman.]
Title of the captain of the guards in the Byzantine empire.
1788Gibbon Decl. & F. liii. (1846) V. 267 Whilst he exercised the office of protospathaire, or captain of the guards, Photius was sent ambassador to the caliph of Bagdad. 1831Scott Ct. Rob. ii, Every one..hath understood this much, that the great Protospathaire..hath me at hatred. 1853J. Stevenson Ch. Historians Eng. I. 648 The protospataire was sent to summon Sergius. 1854Milman Lat. Chr. II. 140 The protospatharius, the officer of the Emperor, was driven with insult from the city. |