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triarian

triarian adjective: occupying the third post or rank.

Adjective

triarian (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Occupying the third post or rank.
    • Let the brave Second and Triarian Band
      Firm against all Impression stand1660, Abraham Cowley, A Poem on his Majesty's happy Restoration

Noun

triarian (plural triarians)

  1. A soldier of the triarii

Forms of triarian

pluraltriarians

Origin of triarian

Latin triarii (plural), a class of Roman soldiers who formed the third rank from the front, from tres, tria (“three”).

Questions about triarian

What does triarian mean?
Triarian means occupying the third post or rank.
What part of speech is triarian?
Triarian can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near triarian in the dictionary

  1. triarchs
  2. triarchy
  3. triarcuate
  4. triarcuated
  5. triareal
  6. triarian
  7. triarii
  8. triarimol
  9. triarius
  10. triarmed
  11. triaromatic

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