Definition of "chiliarch" []

• A commander of a thousand troops in Hellenistic Greece (noun)

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• "Note 59: The Wei-Suo system basically follows the Mongol Wanhu-Qianhu (myriarch-chiliarch) system. back"
• "Now as soldiers are ready for their commander, shod, clothed and armed: but it would be a hard thing, for the chiliarch to go round and shoe or clothe his thousand men; so also nature has formed the animals which are made for service, all ready, prepared, and requiring no further care."
• "The chiliarch snarled, "And if the Autarch orders it, we'll toss you back.""