triarian

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adjective

Occupying the third post or rank.

OriginLatin triarii →
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Meanings

adjectivetriarian (not comparable)
  1. not comparableobsoleteOccupying the third post or rank.

    Let the brave Second and Triarian Band Firm against all Impression stand

    1660, Abraham Cowley, A Poem on his Majesty's happy Restoration
nountriarian (plural triarians)

plural triarians

  1. A soldier of the triarii

Origin

  1. Latintriarii
  2. Englishtriarian

Latin triarii (plural), a class of Roman soldiers who formed the third rank from the front, from tres, tria (“three”).

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APA

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MLA

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