lochage

From Ancient Greek λοχαγός (lokhagós).

• IPA^(key): /ˈləʊkɪd͡ʒ/

lochage (plural lochagoi or lochagi)

1. (historical) The head of a lochos in Ancient Greece; an officer or commander. [from 17th c.]
   • 1784-1810, William Mitford, The History of Greece:

     One lochage only avowed his dissent; adding his opinion, that they ought at once to throw themselves on the king's mercy, as the only resource affording a reasonable hope […] .

   • 1980, Gene Wolfe, chapter 14, in The Shadow of the Torturer:

     ‘Come inside. The lochage wishes to speak with you.’

• lochage in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

• galoche