tri|um|vir

tri|um|vir
tri|um|vir «try UHM vuhr», noun, plural -virs, -vi|ri «-vuh ry».
1. one of three men who shared the same public office in ancient Rome, especially a member of a committee responsible for the administration of a particular department of the government.
2. Figurative. one of any three persons sharing power or authority.
╂[< Latin triumvir, abstracted from phrase trium virōrum of three men, genitive plural of trēs three and vir man]

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