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tribune

[trib-yoon, trih-byoon]

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noun

a person who upholds or defends the rights of the people.

Roman History.

any of various administrative officers, especially one of 10 officers elected to protect the interests and rights of the plebeians from the patricians.

any of the six officers of a legion who rotated in commanding the legion during the year.

Origin:
1325–75; Middle English < Latin tribūnus, derivative of tribus tribe

Related forms

trib·une·ship, noun

trib·u·ni·tial, trib·u·ni·cial

[trib-yuh-nish-uhl] , adjective

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noun

a raised platform for a speaker; a dais, rostrum, or pulpit.

a raised part, or gallery, with seats, as in a church.

(in a Christian basilica) the bishop's throne, occupying a recess or apse.

the apse itself.

tribunal (def. 3).

Origin:
1635–45; < Medieval Latin tribūna; replacing Latin tribūnāle tribunal

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tribune¹ (ˈtrɪbjuːn)

—n
1.	in ancient Rome
	a. an officer elected by the plebs to protect their interests. Originally there were two of these officers but finally there were ten
	b. a senior military officer
2.	a person or institution that upholds public rights; champion

[C14: from Latin tribunus, probably from tribustribe]

'tribunary¹

—*adj*

tribune² (ˈtrɪbjuːn)

—n
1.	a. the apse of a Christian basilica that contains the bishop's throne
	b. the throne itself
2.	a gallery or raised area in a church
3.	rare a raised platform from which a speaker may address an audience; dais

[C17: via French from Italian tribuna, from Medieval Latin tribūna, variant of Latin tribūnaltribunal]

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tribune

late 14c., "official in ancient Rome," from L. tribunus "magistrate" (specifically one of the officers appointed to protect the rights and interests of the plebeians from the patricians), originally "head of a tribe," from tribus (see tribe). The meaning "raised platform"

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is 1762, from It., from L. tribunal "platform for the seats of magistrates in ancient Rome."

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"I imagine, on the benches of an assembly, the most intrepid of thinkers, a brilliant mind, one of those men who, when they ascend the tribune, feel it beneath them like the tripod of the oracle, suddenly grow in stature and become colossal, surpass by a head the massive appearances that mask reality, and see clearly the future over the high, frowning wall of the present."

-Victor Hugo

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