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  • n  one of a group of three sharing public administration or civil authority especially in ancient Rome

  • Max Helpmann's Lepidus is an aridly pompous dotard of a triumvir, and Lewis Gordan's Enobarbus employs something resembling the barbed antics of Lear's Fool as he tries to jar .
  • Myron Charles Taylor, most active triumvir.
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  • Morning Minutes, April 6
    triumvirate trahy-UHM-ver-it, -vuh-reyt noun; any group or set of three; Roman history. the office or magistracy of a triumvir; a government of three officers or magistrates functioning jointly; a coalition of three magistrates or rulers for joint administration; any association of three in office or authority.
    April 6, 2014 - The Harrisburg Daily Register

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