Zach

plural Zachs · alternative Zac · alternative Zack · alternative Zak

1. A diminutive of the male given names Zachariah, Zacharias, and Zachary.

   In his book, Polystate: A Thought Experiment in Distributed Government, Zach Weinersmith speculates about what governments would look like if they didn’t rule over geographic locations, but instead ruled over minds.

   2014 June 12, George Dvorsky, “12 Futuristic Forms of Government That Could One Day Rule the World”, in Gizmodo

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   Here it was the province of an electronic harpsichordlike timbre (presumably from a laptop) and an electric bass, played assertively by Zach Layton and supported by the drummer, David Justh. Mr. Justh added considerable filigree in the course of the 66-minute performance, none sanctioned by the score, but captivating enough to justify its berth.

   2007 December 1, Allan Kozinn, “That Same Old Beat, With Brand-New Choices”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 17 Jan 2018

2. A surname transferred from the given name.