anarch

[ an-ahrk ]

noun

, Archaic.

1. anarchist.

anarch

/ ˈænɑːk /

noun

1. archaic.
   an instigator or personification of anarchy

Word History and Origins

Origin of anarch¹

First recorded in 1880–85; back formation from anarchy

Example Sentences

A point for your anarch in art.

From Project Gutenberg

An anarch; one who advocates anarchy of aims at the overthrow of civil government.

From Project Gutenberg

Vladimir Sanine is not as powerful as Bazarov the anarchist, but he is a pendant, he is an anarch of the new order, neither a propagandist by the act, but a philosophical anarch who lazily mutters: "Let the world wag; I don't care so that it minds its own business and lets me alone."

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And now she was discovering what a disorganizer love is, what an anarch among plans, what a smasher of china.

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For a philosophical anarch, rather a quaint occupation!

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