triumvir
Americannoun
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Roman History. one of three officers or magistrates mutually exercising the same public function.
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one of three persons associated in any office or position of authority.
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Origin of triumvir
1570–80; < Latin: literally, one man of three, back formation from trium virōrum of three men
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A true Southerner by birth . . . a veritable triumvir among the Tarheels .
From Time Magazine Archive
To win support in Rome, Antony wrote to the Senate offering to surrender his powers as triumvir and restore the old constitution.
From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly
He could not remember the name of the third triumvir, and it troubled him greatly.
From E.P. Roe: Reminiscences of his Life by Roe, Mary A.
This is the same manner of consenting to a wish-fulfillment which the queen of the Parthians chose for the triumvir Crassus.
From Dream Psychology Psychoanalysis for Beginners by Freud, Sigmund
The triumvir, in his joy, paid it some ten times over.
From Cicero Ancient Classics for English Readers by Collins, W. Lucas (William Lucas)
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