triumvirate

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 [try-umm-vir-rit]

Noun

1. a group of three people in joint control of something: the triumvirate of great orchestras which dominates classical music in Europe

2. (in ancient Rome) a board of three officials jointly responsible for some task

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

Thesaurus

Noun

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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