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Triumvir

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.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
triumvir

"one of three men in the same office or of the same authority," mid-15c., from Latin triumvir, from Old Latin phrase trium virum, genitive plural of tres viri "three men," from tres "three" (see three) + viri, plural of vir "man" (see virile). The Latin plural was triumviri.

Wiktionary
triumvir

n. One member of a triumvirate

WordNet
triumvir
  1. n. one of a group of three sharing public administration or civil authority especially in ancient Rome

  2. [also: triumviri (pl)]

Usage examples of "triumvir".

Triumvir of Arcos, but we did, and now we have a friend here who has promised to lay our case before the other two members of the Triumvirate.

He appoints as triumvirs for distributing the land, Titus Quintius, Aulus Virginius, and Publius Furius: those who wished to obtain land were ordered to give in their names.

Caesar Divi Filius had offered himself up in their place, the two Triumvirs realized that communication with Brundisium had been cut.

Triumvirs had contented himself with masturbation until after his marriage, when the perceptive and subtle Maecenas took a hand.

On the side of the triumvirs nobody knows twinges of conscience, neither Barras, a condottiere open to the highest bidder, and who understands the value of blows, nor Reubell, a sort of bull, who, becoming excited, sees red, nor Merlin de Douai, the terrible legist, lay inquisitor and executioner in private.

The Triumvirs proscribed eighteen of the most flourishing colonies of Italy.

Gabinius and the triumvirs without owning our tribunician inviolability.

Obviously speaking on behalf of all three of the proposed new Triumvirs, Demansk was making it clear that there would be no reprisals against Albrecht—or, by implications, his supporters.

A choice which, I might mention, has the full approval of both of my fellow Triumvirs as well as"—here, his voice grew stern: the patriarch in full glory—"my own magnificent sons.

Obviously speaking on behalf of all three of the proposed new Triumvirs, Demansk was making it clear that there would be no reprisals against Albrecht—or, by implications, his supporters.

A choice which, I might mention, has the full approval of both of my fellow Triumvirs as well as"—here, his voice grew stern: the patriarch in full glory—"my own magnificent sons.

Aebutius Helva were the triumvirs appointed to superintend the settlement of the colony.

Ulvas, meanwhile, had entered into a conversation with a villager of substantial size and presence who, from the looks of things, was an important minister in the government of the triumvirs, though it was not clad in any of the symbols of authority itself.