The Collaborative International Dictionary
Triarian
Triarian \Tri*a"ri*an\, a. [L. triarii, pl., a class of Roman
soldiers who formed the third rank from the front, fr. tres,
tria, three.]
Occupying the third post or rank. [Obs.]
--Cowley.
Wiktionary
triarian
a. (context obsolete English) Occupying the third post or rank.
Usage examples of "triarian".
Goths who followed the Triarian standard, begging Zeno to be reconciled to their lord, and hinting that he was a truer friend to the Empire than the petted and pampered son of Theudemir.
The band of Triarian Goths, thirty thousand fighting men in number, was joined to the army of Theodoric, an important addition to his power, but also to his cares, to the ever-present difficulty of finding food for his followers.