septemvir

[ sep-tem-ver ]

noun,plural sep·tem·virs, sep·tem·vi·ri [sep-tem-vuh-rahy]. /sɛpˈtɛm vəˌraɪ/.
  1. a member of a seven-man ruling body in ancient Rome.

Origin of septemvir

1
1750–60; singular of Latin septemvirī, equivalent to septemseven + virī, plural of vir man

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