Plutarch

  1. 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.
  2. Noun.  Any specific edition of a work by Plutarch, often specifically Plutarch's ''Lives''.

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