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triumvir

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Noun

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tri=um=vir

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun triumvir has 1 sense

triumvir(n = noun.person) - one of a group of three sharing public administration or civil authority especially in ancient Rome;

CIDE DICTIONARY

triumvir, n. [L., fr. res, gen. trium, three + vir a man. See Three, and Virile.].

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]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

triumvir, n. (pl. triumvirs or triumviri)
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