Definition of "hipparch" [hipparch]

• In Greek antiquity, a leader of cavalry. In the Ætolian and Acheau leagues this officer was charged with other functions. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "The notion that the hipparch is to ride at a slower pace than his phylarchs, and to handle his horse precisely in their style, seems to me below the dignity of the office."
• "Blunders like these, then, our hipparch must not let pass unpunished (unless he wishes the whole of Attica to become a gigantic camp); 118 keeping his single point steadily in view, that when he strikes a blow he must be expeditious and retire before the main body has time to rally to the rescue."
• "It is the business of the hipparch to take infinite precautions while it is still peace, to make himself acquainted with the details, not only of his own, but of the hostile territory; 77 or if, as may well betide, he personally should lack the knowledge, he should invite the aid of others78 — those best versed in the topography of any district."