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
This brother is killed in consequence, and Herod is summoned before the triumvir.
From The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851 by Various
Publius Licinius Crassus, called Dives, father of the triumvir.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" by Various
He married Antonia, the daughter of Marcus Antonius the triumvir, by whom he had three children: Germanicus, adopted by Tiberius; Claudius, afterwards emperor; and a daughter Livilla.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" by Various
For by her skin patterns he knew her for the one who had led that triumvir who had sent him into the cavern of the mist.
From Storm Over Warlock by Norton, Andre
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