English Explanatory Dictionary

trierarchy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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.

Word forms

trierarchy trierarchies
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