Plutarch

Meanings

Proper Noun

• The classical historian and essayist Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus (46-120 ). Often used as a byword for a biographer, to suggest that the writer is especially skilled or has other attributes associated with Plutarch.

Noun

• Any specific edition of a work by Plutarch, often specifically Plutarch's Lives

Origin

• Via Latin Plūtarchus from Ancient Greek Πλούτᾰρχος.