triumvirate
/tɹaɪˈʌmvəɹət/ noun C2- A council of three magistrates ruling jointly; specifically, the First Triumvirate (60 or 59 – 53 B.C.E.) or the Second Triumvirate (43 – 33 or 27 B.C.E.); the office of a triumvir (“one of such magistrates”), or of the three triumviri.
- Any group of three joint rulers.
- Any group of three people regarded as significant in some way; also (rare), a group of three things; a trio.
Plural triumvirates
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