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Plu•tarch•i•an
(plo̅o̅ tär′kē ən),USA pronunciation adj.
- of or pertaining to the biographer Plutarch.
- Literaturecharacteristic of or resembling a biography by Plutarch or its subject:a life worthy of Plutarchian description; a deed of Plutarchian splendor.
- Plutarch + -ian 1855–60