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unarch

unarch noun: the head of a phalanx or phalanstery.

Noun

unarch (plural unarchs)

  1. The head of a phalanx or phalanstery.
    • The office of an Unarch is therefore but an honourable title. What can political authority be applied to in the Phalange, where all means of violence are absolutely useless, where no clashing interests, no enemies exist; […]1910, Mikhail Ivanovich Tugan-Baranovskiĭ, Modern Socialism in Its Historical Development, page 164
    • Enfantin, the leader of the Saint- Simonians, bore the title of Father. In Fourier's scheme it was expressly declared that there were to be rulers or unarchs; and the supreme ruler, who was to reside in Constantinople, would be known as the omniarch.1922, Aurel Kolnai, Eden Paul, Cedar Paul, Psychoanalysis and Sociology, Harcourt, Brace and Company, page 126

Forms of unarch

pluralunarchs

Questions about unarch

What does unarch mean?
Unarch means the head of a phalanx or phalanstery.
What part of speech is unarch?
Unarch is a noun.
What is the plural of unarch?
The plural of unarch is unarchs.

Words near unarch in the dictionary

  1. unarbitrariness
  2. unarbitrary
  3. unarbitrated
  4. unarc
  5. unarced
  6. unarch
  7. unarchaic
  8. unarched
  9. unarchitectural
  10. unarchivable
  11. unarchive

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