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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Gr.[GREEK].]

(Gr. Antiq.)

An officer who commanded a company; a captain.

Mitford.

Noun.

[Gr. a body of soldiers, and to lead.]

In Greece, an officer who commanded a lochus or cohort, the number of men in which is not certainly known.

lochage ‎(plural lochages)

(historical) An officer who commanded a company in Ancient Greece.
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