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tri⋅um⋅vir
[trahy-uhm-ver] 
–noun, plural -virs, -vi⋅ri [-vuh-rahy] .
[-vuh-rahy] . | 1. | Roman History. one of three officers or magistrates mutually exercising the same public function. |
| 2. | one of three persons associated in any office or position of authority. |
Origin:
1570–80; < L: lit., one man of three, back formation from trium virōrum of three men
1570–80; < L: lit., one man of three, back formation from trium virōrum of three men
Related forms:
tri⋅um⋅vi⋅ral, adjective
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| tri·um·vir (trī-ŭm'vər) n. pl. tri·um·virs or tri·um·vi·ri (-və-rī')
[Middle English, from Latin, back-formation from triumvirī, board of three, from trium virum, of three men : trium, genitive pl. of trēs, three; see trei- in Indo-European roots + virum, archaic genitive pl. of vir, man; see wī-ro- in Indo-European roots.] tri·um'vi·ral adj. |
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