anarch
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of anarch
First recorded in 1880–85; back formation from anarchy
Example Sentences
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Like Carlo Cafiero, the rich Italian anarch, you must give your money to us—every cent of it.
From Visionaries by James Huneker
We sang that War would die, The anarch of our wild and wayward past.
From The Acorn-Planter A California Forest Play (1916) by Jack London
Having been taught by Shelley, she threw herself upon his protection; and this unbalanced couple were presently married, as they said, "in deference to anarch custom."
From English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English Speaking World by William Joseph Long
Considering the anarch I must have been, I marvel at their toleration.
From A Son of the Middle Border by Hamlin Garland
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 Aubrey De Vere
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