Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An adherent of anarchy or a leader practicing it.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A promoter of anarchy; one who excites revolt against all government or authority; an anarchist.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The author of anarchy; one who excites revolt.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun   The author of anarchy ; one who excites revolt.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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								I also think the scenes with the old "anarch" Chaos might be fruitfully explained either through, or alongside of, explorations of Gnostic ideas. Gypsy Scholar 2009 
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								There's the arch-anarch over there, the dragon you are trying to slay. THEFT 2010 
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								He did it that night, and he did it well; and since Martin had made the biggest stir, he put it all into his mouth and made him the arch-anarch of the show, transforming his reactionary individualism into the most lurid, red-shirt socialist utterance. Chapter 38 2010 
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								Eric van der Walde says, "I believe Ken MacLeod is a former flaming socialist who is now more of an anarch ..." March 2008 2008 
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								He does seem to use descriptions like “polycentric” rather than any “anarch-” prefixed terms in his own writing, though. The Volokh Conspiracy » Commentary on the Briefing in McDonald v. City of Chicago 2009 
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								Carax' movie, about a sewer-dwelling madman, starts with a sort of anarch energy but rapidly becomes tiresome, smug, and vapid. Kenneth Hite's Journal princeofcairo 2008 
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								The peasantwas at heart a spiritual anarch; he regarded emancipation, not as the mundane act of a secular government, but as an apocalypticliberation from earthly bonds. FORGE OF EMPIRES 1861-1871 MICHAEL KNOX BERAN 2007 
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								The peasantwas at heart a spiritual anarch; he regarded emancipation, not as the mundane act of a secular government, but as an apocalypticliberation from earthly bonds. FORGE OF EMPIRES 1861-1871 MICHAEL KNOX BERAN 2007 
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								Our policies are a synergy of libertarianism, Maoism and anarch-syndicalism – and our key demographic will be dual heritage women in their mid thirties called Fiona. 
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								The peasantwas at heart a spiritual anarch; he regarded emancipation, not as the mundane act of a secular government, but as an apocalypticliberation from earthly bonds. FORGE OF EMPIRES 1861-1871 MICHAEL KNOX BERAN 2007 
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