promachos

/P R OW0 M AA1 CH OW0 Z/
noun
  1. 1

    (historical, military) In Ancient Greece and during the Byzantine era, a soldier who fought in the first rank of the phalanx. An obsolete English literal translation of such a promachos is a 'forefighter'.

  2. 2

    A deity who fights in front of, or champions, some person or state.

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