promachos

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Noun

1. A [[deity]] who [[fight]]s in front of, or [[champion]]s, some person or state.
2. {{lb|en|historical|military}} 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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