thranite

From Ancient Greek θρανίτης (thranítēs), from θρᾶνος (thrânos, “bench”).

thranite (plural thranites)

1. (historical, Ancient Greece) One of the rowers on the topmost of the three benches in a trireme. They were usually the best rowers.

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• “thranite”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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