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quadrumvirate

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quad·rum·vi·rate  (kw-drmvr-t)
n.
A group of four people joined in authority or office, especially a government of four people: "[Chiang Kai-shek] was . . . the last survivor of the World War II quadrumvirate that included Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin" (Newsweek).
[quadr(i)- + (tri)umvirate.]
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Noun1.quadrumvirate - a group of four men
foursome, quartette, quartet - four people considered as a unit; "he joined a barbershop quartet"; "the foursome teed off before 9 a.m."
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