triarian

== English == === Etymology === Latin triarii (plural), a class of Roman soldiers who formed the third rank from the front, from tres, tria (“three”). === Adjective === triarian (not comparable) (obsolete, of soldiers) Occupying the third post or rank. === Noun === triarian (plural triarians) A soldier of the triarii === References === “triarian”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.