Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun March; excursion; manner of proceeding.
- noun The ruler or magistrate of an ancient Attic deme.
- noun The mayor of a modern Greek town.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete March; walk; gait.
- noun A chief or ruler of a deme or district in Greece.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The chief magistrate of a
deme .
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word demarch.
Examples
-
Translation: "[Dedication] of the demarch Achyris, [value or weight] 115 gold [staters]."
-
Her daughter, a pretty, blue-eyed maiden, of some fourteen years, named Athena, glaykhôpis Hathhêna, was working by her side, and the demarch himself, with his stalwart son, were similarly seated on the opposite side of the hearth.
-
Here was the demarch (2) of Eleusis, a pompous worthy, who could hardly hold his head erect, thanks to an exceeding heavy myrtle wreath.
A Victor of Salamis William Stearns Davis 1903
-
Then even the honest demarch cut short his eloquence to swell the salvo.
A Victor of Salamis William Stearns Davis 1903
-
The demarch bawled long for silence, won it at last, and approached the chariot.
A Victor of Salamis William Stearns Davis 1903
-
If the dead body be found in the country and no cause of death known, the demarch must compel the relatives to bury the corpse and to purify the deme on the same day. (
-
Glaucon’s eyes still roved and questioned, yet the demarch rolled out his windy sentences.
A Victor of Salamis William Stearns Davis 1903
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.