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promachos

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From Ancient Greek πρόμαχος (prómakhos).

noun promachoi

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

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@misc{promachos_2026,
  title = {promachos},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/promachos},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}