Triumvirate
[traɪ'ʌmvɪrət] or [traɪ'ʌmvɪret]
Definition
(noun.) a group of three men responsible for public administration or civil authority.
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Definition
(n.) Government by three in coalition or association; the term of such a government.
(n.) A coalition or association of three in office or authority; especially, the union of three men who obtained the government of the Roman empire.
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Examples
- The occupant of the pew in the hall, having said thus much, stirs the fire and leaves the triumvirate to warm themselves. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The triumvirate were much affected. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- But, he feigned not to notice the two strangers, and fell into discourse with the triumvirate of customers who were drinking at the counter. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Sam was then despatched for a hackney-coach, and in it the triumvirate proceeded to Coleman Street. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
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