"triumvirate" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: triumvirates [plural]
Etymology: From Latin triumvīrātus, from triumvirī (“triumvirs”) + -ātus (“-ate”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|triumvīrātus}} Latin triumvīrātus, {{m|la|triumvirī||triumvirs}} triumvirī (“triumvirs”), {{m|la|-ātus||-ate}} -ātus (“-ate”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} triumvirate (plural triumvirates)
  1. An official group of three people, especially a ruling council of three men and particularly (historical) two such councils in Roman history. Wikipedia link: triumvirate Categories (topical): Ancient Rome, Collectives, Forms of government, Government, Three Categories (place): Roman Empire Synonyms: government Related terms: triumvir, triumviral Coordinate_terms: government Translations (a ruling group of three): триумвира́т (triumvirát) [masculine] (Bulgarian), triumvirat [masculine] (Catalan), triumviraat (Dutch), driemanschap (Dutch), triumviraat (Estonian), trímannaveldi [neuter] (Faroese), triumviraatti (Finnish), troikka (Finnish), kolmikko (Finnish), triumvirat [masculine] (French), troïka (French), ტრიუმვირატი (ṭriumviraṭi) (Georgian), Triumvirat [neuter] (German), τρίο (trío) [neuter] (Greek), triumvirátus (Hungarian), troika (Ido), triúracht [feminine] (Irish), triunvirato [masculine] (Italian), triumwirat [masculine] (Polish), triunvirato [masculine] (Portuguese), troica (Portuguese), триумвира́т (triumvirát) [masculine] (Russian), тро́йка (trójka) [feminine] (Russian), три́о (trío) [neuter] (Russian), triumvirat [masculine] (Slovene), triunvirato [masculine] (Spanish), triumvirat [neuter] (Swedish), tatpuno (Tagalog), üçlü (Turkish), troyka (Turkish), тріумвіра́т (triumvirát) [masculine] (Ukrainian), kilman (Volapük)

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