Plutarch
- Proper noun. The classical historian and essayist Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus (46-120 (C.E.) ). 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''.
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