Definitions for "Polemarch"
In Athens, originally, the military commanderin-chief; but, afterward, a civil magistrate who had jurisdiction in respect of strangers and sojourners. In other Grecian cities, a high military and civil officer.
Initially an elected position for the leader of Athens's military activities, yet after 487 the position was filled by lot. The only really notable Polemarch was Callimachus
A polemarch was a military title in ancient Greece. In ancient Sparta, a polemarch was in charge of a Spartan brigade. In ancient Athens a polemarch was one of the magistrates.