triumvir
noun
one of three officers or magistrates mutually exercising the same public function.
triumviri
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pluralof triumvir.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The triumviri capitales, who had the charge of the prison and of the punishment of the condemned.
From Conspiracy of Catiline and the Jurgurthine War by John Selby Watson
Triumviri might be very well; Archie also had heard of triumviri; but two were company, and three were none.
From The Claverings by Anthony Trollope
It was agreed that the Roman world should be divided among the three conspirators, who were called triumviri.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli by Various
The consular triumviri, not perhaps quite independent of external influences, were originally adopted as a temporary expedient.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 04 by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne
"We have an order from the triumviri," began one officer.
From A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. by William Stearns Davis
