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trierarchy

trierarchy noun: a system in Ancient Greece whereby triremes were commanded and maintained by citizens known as trierarchs.

Noun

trierarchy (countable and uncountable, plural trierarchies)

  1. A system in Ancient Greece whereby triremes were commanded and maintained by citizens known as trierarchs.
  2. Trierarchs collectively.
  3. The state or period of being a trierarch.

Forms of trierarchy

pluraltrierarchies

Questions about trierarchy

What does trierarchy mean?
Trierarchy means a system in Ancient Greece whereby triremes were commanded and maintained by citizens known as trierarchs.
What part of speech is trierarchy?
Trierarchy is a noun.
What is the plural of trierarchy?
The plural of trierarchy is trierarchies.

Words near trierarchy in the dictionary

  1. trierarch
  2. trierarchal
  3. trierarchic
  4. trierarchies
  5. trierarchs
  6. trierarchy
  7. triers
  8. triers of fact
  9. trierucate
  10. trierucates
  11. tries

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