quadrumvirate

quad·rum·vi·rate

[kwo-druhm-ver-it, -vuh-reyt]
noun
a governing or managing group, coalition, or the like, of four persons.

Origin:
1745–55; quadr- + -umvirate (as in triumvirate)

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quadrumvirate

noun
a group of four men 
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Quadrumvirate is always a great word to know.
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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
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