| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | tri·um·vir |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  tr - m v r |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. tri·um·virs or tri·um·vi·ri (-v-r )
1. One of three men sharing public administration or civil authority in ancient Rome. 2. One of three people sharing public administration or civil authority. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Latin, back-formation from triumvir, board of three, from trium virum, of three men : trium, genitive pl. of tr s, three; see trei- in Appendix I + virum, archaic genitive pl. of vir, man; see w-ro- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | tri·umvi·ral —ADJECTIVE
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