Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for TRI'ER-ARCH
TRI'ER-ARCH, n. [Gr. τριηρης, a trireme, and αρχος, a chief.]
In ancient Greece, the commander of a trireme; also a commissioner who was obliged to build ships and furnish them at his own expense. Mitford.
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