triumviri
vər Origin:
1570–80; < Latin: literally, one man of three, back formation from trium virōrum of three men
1570–80; < Latin: literally, one man of three, back formation from trium virōrum of three men
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tri·um·vi·ral, adjective
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| —n , pl -virs, -viri | |
| (esp in ancient Rome) a member of a triumvirate | |
| [C16: from Latin: one of three administrators, from triumvirōrum of three men, from trēs three + vir man] | |
| tri'umviral | |
| —adj | |
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Triumviri
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
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Word Origin & History
triumvir
"one of three men in the same office or of the same authority," 1579, from L. triumvir, from Old L. phrase trium virum, genitive plural of tres viri "three men," from tres "three" + viri, plural of vir "man" (see virile). Triumvirate is from 1584.
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