Myriarch
/ˈmɪr.i.ɑːrk/noun
A ruler or commander of ten thousand people or soldiers.
Did you know?It comes from Greek military-political vocabulary, where forms built on myrios (“ten thousand”) and -archos (“ruler”) were used for command titles, making it a word of sheer numerical power.
Etymological Timeline
Ancient Greek
Greek
myrios
“ten thousand; countless”
Ancient Greek
Greek
-archos
“ruler, commander”
Late Greek
Greek
myriarchēs
“commander of ten thousand”
Modern English
English
myriarch
“a ruler or commander of ten thousand”