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triumvirate
- /tɹaɪˈʌmvəɹət/ US, UK
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin triumvirātus (“triumvirate”) (see -ate (suffix forming nouns denoting offices or ranks)), itself derived from triumvir (“member of a triumvirate”) + -ātus (“-ate”, suffix forming nouns denoting offices or ranks, or groups of officials associated with such offices or ranks); and triumvir from trium (“of three”) (the genitive form of trēs (“three”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes (“three”)) + vir (“adult male human, man”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós (“man”)). By surface analysis, triumvir + -ate.
noun triumvirates
- A council of three magistrates ruling jointly; specifically, the First Triumvirate (60 or 59 – 53 B.C.E.) or the Second Triumvirate (43 – 33 or 27 B.C.E.); the office of a triumvir (“one of such magistrates”), or of the three triumviri. […] I muſt not forget to ſet dovvne a pretie jeſt, vvhich hath been reported by many as touching Lepidus: It happened during the time of his Triumvirat, […]
- Any group of three joint rulers. Then vvas contriued a petition, as from the generalitie, vnto the triumuirat Gouernors; vvherein they ſupplicated, that by no meanes they ſhould reſigne the gouernment to any ſhould come from England, vpon vvhat tearmes ſoeuer, vntill ſix moneths after the returne of their ſhip ſent to the VVeſt-Ind
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Any group of three people regarded as significant in some way; also (rare), a group of three things; a trio.
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Similar: leash, tern, ternary, ternion, threeness, threesome, triad, trinary, trine, trinity, trio, triplet
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noun (Ancient Rome) council of three magistrates ruling jointly; any group of three joint rulers
| Español | triunvirato |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 三頭政治 sandō seiji |
| Português | triunvirato, troica |
| Français | triumvirat, troïka |
| Deutsch | Triumvirat |
| Italiano | triunvirato |
| Русский | триумвира́т triumvirát, тро́йка trójka, три́о trío |
noun any group of three people regarded as significant in some way; group of three things
| Español | triunvirato |
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title = {triumvirate},
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