Home › Words › T › trierarchtrierarchtrierarch means the captain of a trireme.EtymologyFrom Latin trierarchus.nounThe captain of a trireme.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.trierarchy 75% match — A system in Ancient Greece whereby triremes were commanded and maintained by citizens known as trierarchs. vs trierarch →trireme 63% match — A galley with three banks of oars, one above the other, used mainly as a warship. vs trierarch →thranite 61% match — One of the rowers on the topmost of the three benches in a trireme. They were usually the best rowers. vs trierarch →triarian 61% match — Occupying the third post or rank. vs trierarch →taxiarch 60% match — An Athenian military officer commanding a certain division of an army. vs trierarch →chiliarch 60% match — A commander of a thousand troops in Hellenistic Greece. vs trierarch →enomotarch 59% match — The commander of an enomoty. vs trierarch →thiasarch 59% match — The leader of a thiasus. vs trierarch →