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myriarch

noun

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μυριάρχης (muriárkhēs) in Herodotus or μυρίαρχος (muríarkhos) in Xenophon, from μυρίος (muríos, “myriad, ten thousand”) + -άρχης (-árkhēs) or -αρχος (-arkhos, “-arch: ruler, commander”), calque of Old Persian *baivarapatiš. As a Mongolian commander, Calque of Mongolian tümen-ü noyon.

  1. derived from *baivarapatiš✻

Definitions

  1. A ruler or commander over 10,000 people, particularly

The neighborhood

Derived

myriarchy

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