Tăx'i-ārch, n.

n. [Gr. ταξίαρχος and ταξιαρχής, from τάξις, a division of an army, a brigade, from τάσσειν, to arrange, array, and ἀρχεῖν, to rule; Fr. taxiarque.] (Gr. Antiq.) An Athenian military officer commanding a taxis or battalion. Mitford.