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triumvir
[ trahy-uhm-ver ]
noun
, plural tri·um·virs, tri·um·vi·ri [trahy-, uhm, -v, uh, -rahy].
- Roman History. one of three officers or magistrates mutually exercising the same public function.
- one of three persons associated in any office or position of authority.
triumvir
/ traɪˈʌmvə /
noun
- (esp in ancient Rome) a member of a triumvirate
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Derived Forms
- triˈumviral, adjective
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Other Words From
- tri·umvi·ral adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of triumvir1
1570–80; < Latin: literally, one man of three, back formation from trium virōrum of three men
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Word History and Origins
Origin of triumvir1
C16: from Latin: one of three administrators, from triumvirōrum of three men, from trēs three + vir man
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Example Sentences
Mazzini was made a Triumvir, and henceforth became little less than dictator.
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This assembly had the right of appointing a successor to an outgoing triumvir every six months.
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Triumvir, trī-um′vir, n. one of three men in the same office or government:—pl.
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He also received a grant of land at Potentia or Pisaurum from Fulvius, who was then triumvir coloniae deducendae.
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After much dallying the triumvir really started for the wild East, whither it is not our business to follow him.
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