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Definition of Navarch
1. n. The commander of a fleet.
Definition of Navarch
1. Noun. (historical Ancient Greece) The commander of a fleet. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Navarch
1. an admiral in ancient Greece [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Navarch
Literary usage of Navarch
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Greece Revisited, and Sketches in Lower Egypt, in 1840: With Thirty-six by Edgar Garston (1842)
"... and manned—Government under Turks—First naval expedition— Second idem — Miaoulis
joins the fleet — His gallantry at Patras—Named navarch—Battle ..."
2. Modern American Law: A Systematic and Comprehensive Commentary on the by Eugene Allen Gilmore, William Charles Wermuth (1917)
"This action was deemed necessary by them, because their vessels did not have
sufficient provisions for the winter, and also because the navarch was in a ..."
3. The International Law and Custom of Ancient Greece and Rome by Coleman Phillipson (1911)
"... seeing that the attempt was made solely on the initiative of the navarch, who
has a legal right to act in such a case.1 Similarly, in 198 BC, ..."
4. The Histories of Polybius by Polybius, Friedrich Otto Hultsch, Evelyn Shirley Shuckburgh (1889)
"... and appointed Theaetetus at once envoy and navarch to convey it at the beginning
of summer, accompanied by an embassy under Rhodo- phon, to attempt in ..."
5. Sessional Papers by Ontario Legislative Assembly (1912)
"Began on Monday, May 8th, fitting out the "navarch" for the season's work, ...
Spent Saturday finishing painting "navarch" and fixing windows. ..."
6. Essays and Addresses by Richard Claverhouse Jebb (1907)
"Two are dedications on statues erected by the Confederation,—one in honour of "the
navarch Callicrates of Samos"—possibly the very ..."
7. A Manual of Greek Antiquities by Percy Gardner, Frank Byron Jevons (1895)
"In BC 480 the command of the fleet was in the hands of a navarch.1 This office,
which at first might be held by one of the kings,3 eventually became ..."
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