plutarch

/P L UW0 T AA1 R CH/
noun
  1. 1

    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. 2

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