myriarch

noun

myr·​i·​arch

ˈmirēˌärk

plural -s

: a commander of ten thousand men in ancient Greece

myriarchy

-kē

noun

plural -es

Word History

Etymology

Greek myriarchēs, myriarchos, from myrioi ten thousand + -archēs, archos -arch

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