Definition of "anarch" [an•arch]

• An adherent of anarchy or a leader practicing it. (noun)

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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."
• "There's the arch-anarch over there, the dragon you are trying to slay."
• "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."