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
For a philosophical anarch, rather a quaint occupation!
From The Book of Susan A Novel by Dodd, Lee Wilson
That hour the Mountain old,An anarch throned ’mid ruins flung himselfIn madness forth on all his winds and floods,An omnipresent wrath!
From The Legends of Saint Patrick by De Vere, Aubrey
His greatest service to his own country, indeed, was not as anarch, but as teacher of writing.
From A Book of Prefaces by Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis)
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