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Definition of: trierarch
(trī′ər·ärk) noun
In Greek antiquity, the captain of a trireme; also, at Athens, one who alone or with others fitted out and maintained a trireme. [<L trierarchus <Gk. triērarchos <triērēs a trireme + archein rule]
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