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tri⋅um⋅vir
[trahy-uhm-ver] 
–noun, plural -virs, -vi⋅ri [-vuh-rahy] .
[-vuh-rahy] . | 1. | Roman History. one of three officers or magistrates mutually exercising the same public function. |
| 2. | one of three persons associated in any office or position of authority. |
Origin:
1570–80; < L: lit., one man of three, back formation from trium virōrum of three men
1570–80; < L: lit., one man of three, back formation from trium virōrum of three men
Related forms:
tri⋅um⋅vi⋅ral, adjective
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| tri·um·vir (trī-ŭm'vər) n. pl. tri·um·virs or tri·um·vi·ri (-və-rī')
[Middle English, from Latin, back-formation from triumvirī, board of three, from trium virum, of three men : trium, genitive pl. of trēs, three; see trei- in Indo-European roots + virum, archaic genitive pl. of vir, man; see wī-ro- in Indo-European roots.] tri·um'vi·ral adj. |
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Triumvir
Tri*um"vir\, n.; pl. L. Triumviri, E. Triumvirs. [L., fr. res, gen. trium, three + vir a man. See Three, and Virile.] (Rom. Antiq.) One of tree men united in public office or authority. Note: In later times the triumvirs of Rome were three men who jointly exercised sovereign power. Julius C[ae]sar, Crassus, and Pompey were the first triumvirs; Octavianus (Augustus), Antony, and Lepidus were the second and last.
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triumvir
"one of three men in the same office or of the same authority," 1579, from L. triumvir, from Old L. phrase trium virum, genitive plural of tres viri "three men," from tres "three" + viri, plural of vir "man" (see virile). Triumvirate is from 1584.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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