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triumvir
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun triumvir has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
One of tree men united in public office or authority. [1913 Webster]
" In later times the triumvirs of Rome were three men who jointly exercised sovereign power. Julius Cæsar, Crassus, and Pompey were the first triumvirs; Octavianus (Augustus), Antony, and Lepidus were the second and last."
[1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
triumvir, n. (pl. triumvirs or triumviri)
1 each of three men holding a joint office.
2 a member of a triumvirate.
1 each of three men holding a joint office.
2 a member of a triumvirate.
Derivative
triumviral adj.
Etymology
L, orig. in pl. triumviri, back-form. f. trium virorum genit. of tres viri three men
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