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troika
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun troika has 3 senses
- troika(n = noun.artifact) Array - a Russian carriage pulled by three horses abreast; Array is a kind of carriage, equipage, rig
- troika(n = noun.quantity) 3, deuce-ace, iii, leash, tercet, ternary, ternion, terzetto, three, threesome, tierce, trey, triad, trine, trinity, trio, triplet - the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one; Array is a kind of digit, figure
- troika(n = noun.group) Array - a modern Russian triumvirate; Array is a kind of triumvirate
OXFORD DICTIONARY
troika, n.
1 a a Russian vehicle with a team of three horses abreast. b this team.
2 a group of three people, esp. as an administrative council.
1 a a Russian vehicle with a team of three horses abreast. b this team.
2 a group of three people, esp. as an administrative council.
Etymology
Russ. f. troe three
THESAURUS
troika
bipartisanship, clover, coaction, coadjuvancy, coadministration, coagency, cochairmanship, codirectorship, collaboration, collaborativeness, collectivism, collusion, commensalism, common effort, common enterprise, communalism, communism, communitarianism, community, complicity, concert, concord, concordance, concurrence, cooperation, cooperativeness, deuce-ace, duet, duumvirate, ecumenicalism, ecumenicism, ecumenism, esprit, esprit de corps, fellow feeling, fellowship, harmony, joining of forces, joint effort, joint operation, leash, mass action, morale, mutual assistance, mutualism, mutuality, octet, pooling, pooling of resources, pulling together, quartet, quintet, reciprocity, septet, set of three, sextet, shamrock, solidarity, symbiosis, synergism, synergy, team spirit, teamwork, tercet, ternary, ternion, terzetto, three, threesome, tierce, trefoil, trey, triad, trialogue, triangle, tricorn, trident, triennium, trihedron, trilogy, trimester, trine, trinity, trinomial, trio, triphthong, triple, triple crown, triple threat, triplet, triplopy, tripod, triptych, trireme, triseme, triskelion, trisul, triumvirate, triune, triunity, trivet, united action
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