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triumvir |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Triumvir \Tri*um"vir\, n.; pl L. {Triumviri}, E. {Triumvirs}. [L., fr res, gen. trium, three + vir a man. See {Three}, and {Virile}.] (Rom. Antiq.) One of tree men united in public office or authority. Note: In later times the triumvirs of Rome were three men who jointly exercised sovereign power. Julius C[ae]sar, Crassus and Pompey were the first triumvirs; Octavianus (Augustus), Antony, and Lepidus were the second and last From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: triumvir n : one of a group of three sharing public administration or civil authority especially in ancient Rome
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