Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Greek antiquity, the commander of a fleet; an admiral.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Gr. Antiq.) The commander of a fleet.
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- noun historical, Ancient Greece The
commander of afleet .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Yet as navarch, “admiral,” Eurybiades exercised power that would have been denied to him on land.
The Battle of Salamis Barry Strauss 2004
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Yet as navarch, “admiral,” Eurybiades exercised power that would have been denied to him on land.
The Battle of Salamis Barry Strauss 2004
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“Till to-morrow,” an olive-skinned Cilician navarch had spoken.
A Victor of Salamis William Stearns Davis 1903
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The trireme, pulling only one of her banks, was dropping behind, her navarch leaving the tiring chase to the penteconter, but the latter hung on doggedly.
A Victor of Salamis William Stearns Davis 1903
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They keep us out, and bawl, ‘The navarch! show us the navarch, or Hellas is lost.’
A Victor of Salamis William Stearns Davis 1903
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The navarch turned over the packet curiously, then to the amazement of the sailors seemed to stagger against the mast.
A Victor of Salamis William Stearns Davis 1903
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Her navarch sends word that all is even as Themistocles and Aristeides tell.
A Victor of Salamis William Stearns Davis 1903
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Ameinias the navarch walked the deck above the stern-cabin with nervous strides.
A Victor of Salamis William Stearns Davis 1903
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He spoke in a changed voice now; again the navarch was startled.
A Victor of Salamis William Stearns Davis 1903
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Here an Æginetan galley dropped behind, yonder a Corinthian navarch suffered his men to back water.
A Victor of Salamis William Stearns Davis 1903
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