Emily Dickinson Lexicon

HER'E-TOG, or HER'E-TOCH, n. [Sax. heretoga, here, an army, and teoche, a leader, from teogan, teon, to lead, L. duco, dux, Eng. to tug.]

Among our Saxon ancestors, the leader or commander of an army, or the commander of the militia in a county or district. This officer was elected by the people in folkmote.