anarch
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of anarch
First recorded in 1880–85; back formation from anarchy
Example Sentences
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His greatest service to his own country, indeed, was not as anarch, but as teacher of writing.
From A Book of Prefaces by Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis)
And now she was discovering what a disorganizer love is, what an anarch among plans, what a smasher of china.
From What Will People Say? A novel by Hughes, Rupert
Now Emerson was an anarch who flouted the conventions of art and life.
From American Sketches 1908 by Whibley, Charles
But the tricksy god of irony has decreed that, if he lasts long enough, every anarch will end as a conservative, upon which consoling epigram let us pause.
From Ivory Apes and Peacocks by Huneker, James
The idea of live and let live has never been the propaganda of the anarch.
From The Drums of Jeopardy by MacGrath, Harold
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