Dictionary entry

Harmost

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Har″most (här″mŏst), n. [Gr. αρμοστἥσ, fr. αρμὅζειν to join, arrange, command: cf. F. harmoste. See Harmony.] (Gr. Antiq.) A city governor or prefect appointed by the Spartans in the cities subjugated by them.