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triumvir
[ trahy-uhm-ver ]
noun
- 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
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Word History and Origins
Origin of triumvir1
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Example Sentences
Mazzini was made a Triumvir, and henceforth became little less than dictator.
This assembly had the right of appointing a successor to an outgoing triumvir every six months.
Triumvir, trī-um′vir, n. one of three men in the same office or government:—pl.
He also received a grant of land at Potentia or Pisaurum from Fulvius, who was then triumvir coloniae deducendae.
After much dallying the triumvir really started for the wild East, whither it is not our business to follow him.
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