noun
chiliad
Chiliad (noun) means a group or set of one thousand things.
noun
1
A group or set of one thousand things.
2
A body of one thousand soldiers led by an officer called a chiliarch.
3
A period of time lasting one thousand years.
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Etymology
Comes from Latin chilias ("the number 1000, a group of 1000 things"), possibly by way of French chiliade, from Ancient Greek χιλιάς (khiliás, "the number 1000, any large amount, a millennium"), from χῑ́λιοι (khī́lioi, "1000") and -ᾰ́ς (-ắs, "-ad: forming collective nouns"); equivalent to chilia- and -ad.
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What is the meaning of chiliad?
"chiliad" (noun) means a group or set of one thousand things.
What is another word for chiliad?
Other words for "chiliad" include yard, G, thou, M, thousand, K.
What are the different meanings of chiliad?
"chiliad" has 3 main meanings: 1. A group or set of one thousand things; 2. A body of one thousand soldiers led by an officer called a chiliarch; 3. A period of time lasting one thousand years.
