TRIUMVIRATE


Meaning of TRIUMVIRATE in English

/ traɪˈʌmvərət; NAmE / noun

( formal ) a group of three powerful people or groups who control sth together

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WORD ORIGIN

late 16th cent.: from Latin triumviratus , from triumvir , originally as triumviri (plural), back-formation from trium virorum of three men, genitive of tres viri .

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