anarch
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of anarch
First recorded in 1880–85; back formation from anarchy
Example Sentences
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For the spiritual breath of life to the anarch is flattery, attention.
From The Drums of Jeopardy by MacGrath, Harold
And now she was discovering what a disorganizer love is, what an anarch among plans, what a smasher of china.
From What Will People Say? A novel by Hughes, Rupert
War itself, the old red anarch, is passing.
From A Collection of Stories by London, Jack
For a philosophical anarch, rather a quaint occupation!
From The Book of Susan A Novel by Dodd, Lee Wilson
Ibsen is the type of the philosophical anarch, the believer in man's individuality, in the state for the individual, not the individual for the state.
From Ivory Apes and Peacocks by Huneker, James
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