navarch means the commander of a fleet. It carries an Arena rating of 1468, earned across 50 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, navarch ranks #3,254 of 17,126 for Most Elegant Words, #3,818 of 17,128 for Most Ponderous Words, #3,911 of 17,142 for Most Ingenious Words, #4,122 of 17,149 for Most Exacting Words.
navarch is pronounced /ˈneɪvɑː(ɹ)k/.
Why “navarch” is a great word
NAVARCH — [Noun] The commander of a fleet, especially in ancient Greece. From Latin navarchus, from Ancient Greek ναύαρχος (naúarkhos), from ναῦς (naûs, "ship") and ἄρχος (árkhos, "leader, chief"). Unlike "admiral," a title of modern and graded command, or "captain," the master of a single vessel, a navarch was the singular, supreme authority over a gathered armada of antiquity. It is the weight of a wax tablet detailing dispositions for fifty triremes, the solitary figure on the command deck scanning a horizon dotted with hostile sails, and the mind holding the complex geometry of a battle line against the chaos of wind and oar—a temporary kingship of the sea, as absolute as it was fleeting.
Etymology
From Latin navarchus, from Ancient Greek ναύαρχος (naúarkhos, “leader of the ships”), corresponding to navy + -arch.
noun
- The commander of a fleet.e.g.“The commander of a fleet was called Navarch” — 1784-1810, William Mitford, The History of Greece:
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