anarch
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of anarch
First recorded in 1880–85; back formation from anarchy
Example Sentences
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In passing these the voyagers had momentary glimpses of sublimities and horrors which seemed like the handiwork of that "anarch old," who wrought before the shaping of the universe.
From Overland by De Forest, J. W. (John William)
Self, the old anarch self, and that is misery.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Isaiah and Jeremiah by Maclaren, Alexander
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
An anarch, pure and complex, he despises all methods.
From Ivory Apes and Peacocks by Huneker, James
Considering the anarch I must have been, I marvel at their toleration.
From A Son of the Middle Border by Garland, Hamlin
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