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trib·une1       [trib-yoon, tri-byoon] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.a person who upholds or defends the rights of the people.
2.Roman History.
a.any of various administrative officers, esp. one of 10 officers elected to protect the interests and rights of the plebeians from the patricians.
b.any of the six officers of a legion who rotated in commanding the legion during the year.
[Origin: 1325–75; ME < L tribūnus, deriv. of tribus tribe]

—Related forms
trib·une·ship, noun
trib·u·ni·tial, trib·u·ni·cial       [trib-yuh-nish-uhl] Pronunciation Key, adjective
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trib·une2       [trib-yoon, tri-byoon] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.a raised platform for a speaker; a dais, rostrum, or pulpit.
2.a raised part, or gallery, with seats, as in a church.
3.(in a Christian basilica) the bishop's throne, occupying a recess or apse.
4.the apse itself.
5.tribunal (def. 3).
[Origin: 1635–45; < ML tribūna; r. L tribūnāle tribunal]
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gal·ler·y       (gāl'ə-rē)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. gal·ler·ies
  1. A roofed promenade, especially one extending along the wall of a building and supported by arches or columns on the outer side.
  2. A long enclosed passage, such as a hallway or corridor.
    1. A narrow balcony, usually having a railing or balustrade, along the outside of a building.
    2. A projecting or recessed passageway along an upper story on the interior or exterior of a large building, generally marked by a colonnade or arcade.
    3. Such a passageway situated over the aisle of a church and opening onto the nave. Also called tribune2.
    4. An upper section, often with a sloping floor, projecting from the rear or side walls of a theater or an auditorium to provide additional seating.
    5. The seats in such a section, usually cheaper than those on the main floor.
    6. The cheapest seats in a theater, generally those of the uppermost gallery.
    7. The audience occupying a gallery or cheap section of a theater.
    8. A building, an institution, or a room for the exhibition of artistic work.
    9. An establishment that displays and sells works of art.
    10. A photographer's studio.
    11. An underground tunnel or passageway, as in a cave or one dug for military or mining purposes.
    12. A passage made by a tunneling insect or animal.
  4. Southwestern Gulf States See veranda.
    1. An upper section, often with a sloping floor, projecting from the rear or side walls of a theater or an auditorium to provide additional seating.
    2. The seats in such a section, usually cheaper than those on the main floor.
    3. The cheapest seats in a theater, generally those of the uppermost gallery.
    4. The audience occupying a gallery or cheap section of a theater.
    5. A building, an institution, or a room for the exhibition of artistic work.
    6. An establishment that displays and sells works of art.
    7. A photographer's studio.
    8. An underground tunnel or passageway, as in a cave or one dug for military or mining purposes.
    9. A passage made by a tunneling insect or animal.
  6. A large audience or group of spectators, as at a tennis or golf match.
  7. The general public, usually considered as exemplifying a lack of discrimination or sophistication: accused the administration of playing to the gallery on the defense issue.
    1. A building, an institution, or a room for the exhibition of artistic work.
    2. An establishment that displays and sells works of art.
    3. A photographer's studio.
    4. An underground tunnel or passageway, as in a cave or one dug for military or mining purposes.
    5. A passage made by a tunneling insect or animal.
  9. A collection; an assortment: The trial featured a gallery of famous and flamboyant witnesses.
    1. An underground tunnel or passageway, as in a cave or one dug for military or mining purposes.
    2. A passage made by a tunneling insect or animal.
  11. Nautical A platform or balcony at the stern or quarters of some early sailing ships.
  12. A decorative upright trimming or molding along the edge of a table top, tray, or shelf.


[Middle English galerie, from Old French, from Old North French galilee, galilee; see galilee.]

gal'ler·ied adj.
In Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi, an open roofed porch that runs along at least one side of a house has been called a gallery: "Out on the small front gallery she had hung Bobinôt's Sunday clothes to air" (Kate Chopin). Craig M. Carver, the author of American Regional Dialects, points out that the word gallery, from Old French galerie, was borrowed into British English in the 15th century and was brought over to the American colonies by English-speaking settlers. Although the word in the sense "porch" did not survive in the American English of the East Coast, it was borrowed separately, probably from Acadian French, into the English of 18th-century Louisiana and there survived as part of the Southwestern Gulf dialect.
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trib·une 1       (trĭb'yōōn', trĭ-byōōn')  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. An officer of ancient Rome elected by the plebeians to protect their rights from arbitrary acts of the patrician magistrates.
  2. A protector or champion of the people.


[Middle English, from Old French tribun, from Latin tribūnus, from tribus, tribe; see tribe.]

trib'u·nar'y (trĭb'yə-něr'ē) adj.
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trib·une 2       (trĭb'yōōn', trĭ-byōōn')  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A raised platform or dais from which a speaker addresses an assembly.
  2. The usually domed or vaulted apse of a basilica.
  3. See gallery.


[French, from Old French, part of a church, speaking platform, from Old Italian tribuna, from Medieval Latin tribūna, alteration of Latin tribūnal; see tribunal.]

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tribune 
c.1375, "official in ancient Rome," from L. tribunus "magistrate" (specifically one of the officers appointed to protect the rights and interests of the plebeians from the patricians), originally "head of a tribe," from tribus (see tribe). The meaning "raised platform" is 1762, from It., from L. tribunal "platform for the seats of magistrates in ancient Rome."

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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tribune

noun
1. (ancient Rome) an official elected by the plebeians to protect their interests 
2. the apse of a Christian church that contains the bishop's throne 

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Tribune, KS (city, FIPS 71450) Location: 38.47133 N, 101.75405 W
Population (1990): 918 (434 housing units)
Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 67879

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Tribune

Trib"une\, n. [L. tribunus, properly, the chief of a tribe, fr. tribus tribe: cf. F. tribun. See Tribe.]

1. (Rom. Antiq.) An officer or magistrate chosen by the people, to protect them from the oppression of the patricians, or nobles, and to defend their liberties against any attempts that might be made upon them by the senate and consuls.

Note: The tribunes were at first two, but their number was increased ultimately to ten. There were also military tribunes, officers of the army, of whom there were from four to six in each legion. Other officers were also called tribunes; as, tribunes of the treasury, etc.

2. Anciently, a bench or elevated place, from which speeches were delivered; in France, a kind of pulpit in the hall of the legislative assembly, where a member stands while making an address; any place occupied by a public orator.

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