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duumvirate

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du⋅um⋅vi⋅rate

  [doo-uhm-ver-it, dyoo-]
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–noun
1. a coalition of two persons holding the same office, as in ancient Rome.
2. the office or government of two such persons.
Origin:
1650–60; < L duumvirātus. See duumvir, -ate 3
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du·um·vi·rate   (dōō-ŭm'vər-ĭt, dyōō-)   
n.  

  1. Any of various two-man executive boards in the Roman Republic.

  2. A regime or partnership of two persons.

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