polemarch

n. [ Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; war + &unr_; leader, from &unr_; to be first. ] (Gr. Antiq.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]