Locrian
Britishadjective
noun
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Classical music has too many rules for its own good, but the enterprising Locrian Chamber Players have two laudable ones.
From New York Times • Jun. 8, 2015
The Locrian Chamber Players have several quirky policies, and they usually honor them to the letter.
From New York Times • Aug. 26, 2011
The Locrian Ajax perished on the Gyræan rock.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01 by Rudd, John
The constitution was also an oligarchy,1073 in the hands apparently of a number of Doric and Locrian families.
From The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 2 of 2 by Müller, Karl Otfried
When then this disorder and alarm had seized upon the Athenians, did Socrates alone, looking proud and casting his eyes around, stand firm, turning aside the onset of the Bœotian and Locrian cavalry?
From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us
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