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n.
Government by triumvirs.
The office or term of a triumvir.
A body or group of triumvirs.
An association or a group of three. Also called troika .
[Latin triumvirātus , from triumvirī , board of three ; see triumvir .]
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triumvirate noun a group of three men responsible for public administration or civil authority
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Tri*um"vi*rate\, n. [L. triumviratus: cf. F. triumvirat.]
1. Government by three in coalition or association; the term of such a government.
2. A coalition or association of three in office or authority; especially, the union of three men who obtained the government of the Roman empire.
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