The Collaborative International Dictionary
Chilian \Chil"i*an\, Chiliarch \Chil"i*arch`\, n. [Gr. ?, ?; chi`lioi a thousand + ? leader, ? to lead.] The commander or chief of a thousand men.
Wiktionary
n. A commander of a thousand troops in Hellenistic Greece
Wikipedia
Chiliarch (from , chiliarchos, sometimes χιλιάρχης, chiliarches or χειλίαρχος, cheiliarchos; meaning "commander of a thousand" and occasionally rendered "thousandman" in English) is a military rank dating back to Antiquity.
The command of an ancient Greek chiliarch was called a '"chiliarchy" (χιλιαρχία, chiliarchia).
Usage examples of "chiliarch".
The Claw had returnednot the Claw destroyed by Ascian artillery, nor even the Claw I had given the chiliarch of Typhon's Praetorians, but the Claw of the Conciliator, the gem I had found in my sabretache as Dorcas and I walked down a dark road beside the Wall of Nessus.
The Claw had returned--not the Claw destroyed by Ascian artillery, nor even the Claw I had given the chiliarch of Typhon's Praetorians, but the Claw of the Conciliator, the gem I had found in my sabretache as Dorcas and I walked down a dark road beside the Wall of Nessus.
Both of his chiliarchs were competent officers, and it soon became apparent that the tribunes and hecatontarchs had absorbed fully the orders he had given them the night before.
He stalked off toward the nearby tent, which was occupied by the four chiliarchs who were the chief subordinate officers of the Army of Lebanon.
He allowed the three chiliarchs to stammer in confusion for a few seconds before he cut through the babble.
He now took the time to explain to the three chiliarchs his plan for the battle he expected shortly.
The two cavalry chiliarchs seemed skeptical of the role planned for the infantry, but forbore comment.
Belisarius commanded him to hold his tongue until he could summon the chiliarchs and the tribunes.
I have fellow tribunes and chiliarchs who would have dragged you straight outside and run you through in the graveyard to save lugging your corpse anywhere.
Just as he had feared, the chiliarch was organizing an all-out direct charge against the coming Medes.
Even Constantine, who was in overall command of the army's cavalry, along with the chiliarch Phocas who was his equivalent for the infantry, had learned to accept his actual authority.
The chiliarch, after one quick look, verbalized Belisarius' own thoughts.