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triumvir

Syllabification: (tri·um·vir)
Pronunciation: /trīˈəmvər/

Definition of triumvir

noun (plural triumvirs or triumviri /-vəˌrī/)

  • (in ancient Rome) each of three public officers jointly responsible for overseeing any of the administrative departments.

Derivatives

triumviral

Pronunciation: /-rəl/

adjective

Origin:

Latin, originally as triumviri (plural), back-formation from trium virorum 'of three men', genitive of tres viri

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