Anc. Gr. Hist. [ad. Gr. τόξαρχος ‘lord of the bow,’ captain of the archers, f. τόξον bow + -αρχος ruler.] The title of the captain of the city-guard of mercenaries at Athens.
1828. [Sir G. C. Lewis], trans. Boeckh’s Publ. Econ. Athens, I. 277–8. They [public slaves who composed the city-guard] are generally called bowmen (τοξόται), or, from the native country of the majority, Scythians…. Their officers had the name of Toxarchs (τόξαρχοι.).
