triumvirate (redirected from Triumviratus)

tri·um·vi·rate  (tr-mvr-t)

n.

1. Government by triumvirs.

2. The office or term of a triumvir.

3. A body or group of triumvirs.

4. An association or a group of three. Also called troika.

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[Latin triumvirtus, from triumvir, board of three; see triumvir.]

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triumvirate [traɪˈʌmvɪrɪt]

n

1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (in ancient Rome)

a.  a board of three officials jointly responsible for some task

b.  the political alliance of Caesar, Crassus, and Pompey, formed in 60 bc (First Triumvirate)

c.  the coalition and joint rule of the Roman Empire by Antony, Lepidus, and Octavian, begun in 43 bc (Second Triumvirate)

2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) any joint rule by three men

3. any group of three men associated in some way

4. (Historical Terms) the office of a triumvir

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Triumvirate a group, party, or association of three leaders, 1601.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

triumvirate - a group of three men responsible for public administration or civil authority threesome, triad, trinity, trio - three people considered as a unit troika - a modern Russian triumvirate

Translations

triumvirate [traɪˈʌmvɪrɪt] N → triunvirato m

triumvirate

n (Hist) → Triumvirat nt

triumvirate [traɪˈʌmvɪrɪt] nsg or pl (frm) → triunvirato