[ad. Gr. βοιωτάρχης, f. βοιωτ-ία Bœotia + -αρχης ruler: cf. F. Béotarque.] A chief magistrate of the Bœotian league.
a. 1822. Shelley, Œdipus Tyr., Advt., Before the duties … had been repealed by the Bœotarchs.
1838. Thirlwall, Greece, V. xxxix. 108. The yearly term for which he held his office of Bœotarch had expired.
