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archi- Definition
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archduke ... argumentative
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archi-
combining form
1. Chief; most important; highest-ranking.
Example: archduke
2. Most esteemed, feared, extreme, etc of its kind.
Example: arch-conservative
Example: arch-criminal
Etymology
: Anglo-Saxon
arce
, from Greek
archos
chief, from
archein
to rule.
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