, in more archaic context transliterated as (, abbreviated as ), anglicized as Tagmatarch, is used in the
Greek language
Greek ( el, label=Modern Greek, Ελληνικά, Elliniká, ; grc, Ἑλληνική, Hellēnikḗ) is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages, native to Greece, Cyprus, southern Italy (Calabria and Salento), southern Al ...
to mean "
Major
Major (commandant in certain jurisdictions) is a military rank of commissioned officer status, with corresponding ranks existing in many military forces throughout the world. When used unhyphenated and in conjunction with no other indicators ...
".
More precisely, it means "commander of a " ().
The rank dates to
Antiquity and was also used in the
Byzantine Empire
The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire or Byzantium, was the continuation of the Roman Empire primarily in its eastern provinces during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, when its capital city was Constantinopl ...
. In the modern
Hellenic Army
The Hellenic Army ( el, Ελληνικός Στρατός, Ellinikós Stratós, sometimes abbreviated as ΕΣ), formed in 1828, is the land force of Greece. The term ''Hellenic'' is the endogenous synonym for ''Greek''. The Hellenic Army is the ...
, the rank is superior to a (,
captain
Captain is a title, an appellative for the commanding officer of a military unit; the supreme leader of a navy ship, merchant ship, aeroplane, spacecraft, or other vessel; or the commander of a port, fire or police department, election precinct, e ...
) and inferior to an (,
Lieutenant Colonel
Lieutenant colonel ( , ) is a rank of commissioned officers in the armies, most marine forces and some air forces of the world, above a major and below a colonel. Several police forces in the United States use the rank of lieutenant colone ...
), and held either usually by battalion () executive officers (battalions are typically commanded by Lieutenant Colonels). In this case they are addressed as "" (), or simply as "" () in other cases.
File:GR-Army-OF3-1912.svg, Rank insignia of a , 1908–1936
File:GR-Army-OF3-1937.svg, Rank insignia of a , 1936–1968
File:Army-GRE-OF-03.svg, Current rank insignia of a , since 1975
References
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Hellenic Army officers
Military ranks of ancient Greece
Military ranks of Greece