triumvir

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English

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Etymology

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A Middle English back-formation from triumvirate.

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Noun

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triumvir (plural triumviri or triumvirs)

  1. One member of a triumvirate
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French

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Noun

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triumvir m (plural triumvirs)

  1. triumvir

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Latin

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Etymology

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From trium (of three) + vir (man).

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Noun

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triumvir m (genitive triumvirī); second declension

  1. triumvir, whether (formally) a member of an official three-man commission or (informal) a member of a three-man junta or other group.

Declension

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Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -r).

Hyponyms

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References

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  • triumvir”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • triumvir”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • triumvir in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Occitan

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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triumvir m (plural triumvirs)

  1. triumvir

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin triumvir or French triumvir.

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Noun

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triumvir m (plural triumviri)

  1. triumvir

Declension

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