Trierarch definitions and example sentences on Wordnik

View all »
Definitions (4)

noun The captain of a Greek trireme.
noun An Athenian who outfitted and maintained a trireme as a part of his civic duties.

The vessel was given to the trierarch, sometimes ready equipped; he also received the public money for certain expenses; others fell on himself [281]. — Athens: Its Rise and Fall, Complete
Nominally his main duty is to act as pilot, but actually he is in charge of the whole ship; and in battle the trierarch (if aboard) will be very glad to obey all his "suggestions." — A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life
On the same principle, in the case of the coregia, (29) the gymnasiarchy, and the trierarchy, the fact is recognised that it is the rich man who trains the chorus, and the People for whom the chorus is trained; it is the rich man who is trierarch or gymnasiarch, and the People that profits by their labours. — Polity Athenians and Lacedaemonians
At the period of which we treat each vessel had one trierarch. — Athens: Its Rise and Fall, Complete
The captain, or "trierarch," commanded implicit obedience. — A History of Sea Power