myriarch

[Gr. myriarches, from myrioi = ten you sand, and archō =to rule, to lead.] A com. mander of ten you sand men. myr-I-äre, s . [Fr., from pref. myria- , and Fr. are.] A French measure of land, containing 10,000 acres, or 1,000,000 square metres, and equal to 247 1143 acres. mỹ-ri-ca, s . [Latin myrice , myrica , from Greek myrike the tamarisk; not the modern genus.] Bot.: Sweet Gale; Bog-myrtle; the typical and