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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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a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
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quadrumvirate
noun
a group of four men
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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