triumvir
Americannoun
plural
triumvirs, triumviri-
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.
noun
Other Word Forms
- triumviral adjective
Etymology
Origin of triumvir
1570–80; < Latin: literally, one man of three, back formation from trium virōrum of three men
Example Sentences
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A true Southerner by birth . . . a veritable triumvir among the Tarheels .
From Time Magazine Archive
A triumvir is one of three men united in office; specifically in ancient Rome.
From Orthography As Outlined in the State Course of Study for Illinois by Cavins, Elmer W.
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.
Crassus, the famous financier, triumvir with Caesar and Pompey.
From The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura by Butler, Harold Edgeworth
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
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