tagmatarchis

{{Short description|Greek military rank}}

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{{lang|el-Latn|Tagmatarchis}}, in more archaic context transliterated as {{lang|el-Latn|Tagmatarches}} ({{Langx|el|Ταγματάρχης}}, abbreviated as {{lang|el|Τχης}}), anglicized as Tagmatarch, is used in the Greek language{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LYtbXdg2EggC&dq=Tagmatarchis+a+greek+major&pg=PA312|title=Area Handbook for Greece|author=American University (Washington, D. C.) Division of Foreign Areas Studies|last2=Herrick|first2=Allison Butler|date=1970|publisher=Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Print Office|language=en}} to mean "Major".{{Citation|title=What is Tagmatarchis? Explain Tagmatarchis, Define Tagmatarchis, Meaning of Tagmatarchis|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAmPZHfvm4c |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/nAmPZHfvm4c |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|language=en|access-date=2019-11-30}}{{cbignore}} More precisely, it means "commander of a {{lang|el-Latn|tagma}}" ({{lang|el|τάγμα}}).

The rank dates to Antiquity and was also used in the Byzantine Empire. In the modern Hellenic Army, the rank is superior to a {{lang|el-Latn|Lokhagos}} ({{lang|el|Λοχαγός}}, captain) and inferior to an {{lang|el-Latn|Antisyntagmatarchis}} ({{lang|el|Αντισυνταγματάρχης}}, Lieutenant Colonel), and held either usually by battalion ({{lang|el-Latn|tagma}}) executive officers (battalions are typically commanded by Lieutenant Colonels). In this case they are addressed as "{{lang|el-Latn|Kyrie Ypodioikita}}" ({{lang|el|Κύριε Υποδιοικητά}}), or simply as "{{lang|el-Latn|Kyrie Tagmatarcha}}" ({{lang|el|Κύριε Ταγματάρχα}}) in other cases.

File:GR-Army-OF3-1912.svg|Rank insignia of a {{lang|el-Latn|Tagmatarchis}}, 1908–1936

File:GR-Army-OF3-1937.svg|Rank insignia of a {{lang|el-Latn|Tagmatarchis}}, 1936–1970

File:GR-Army-OF3-1970.png|Rank insignia of a {{lang|el-Latn|Tagmatarchis}}, 1970–1973

File:Army-GRE-OF-03.svg|Current rank insignia of a {{lang|el-Latn|Tagmatarchis}}, since 1975

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