Word: cleruchs
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: cle
ruchs
Definition: Plural of cleruch. A settler under the system of cleruchy
Morphemes:
Affix: cleruch
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A settler under the system of cleruchy. A form of Athenian colony in the time of Ancient Greece, under which the settlers or cleruchs retained their citizenship, and were assigned plots, or kleroi, of agricultural land, while the community remained a political dependency of Athens.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plural of nouns that correctly take just an "s" in the plural. See greengrocer’s apostrophe.