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Webster 1913 Edition

Triumvir

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Tri-um′vir

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Noun.
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pl. L.
Triumviri
(#)
, E.
Triumvirs
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[L., fr.
res
, gen.
trium
, three +
vir
a man. See
Three
, and
Virile
.]
(Rom. Antiq.)
One of tree men united in public office or authority.
☞ In later times the triumvirs of Rome were three men who jointly exercised sovereign power. Julius Caesar, Crassus, and Pompey were the first triumvirs; Octavianus (Augustus), Antony, and Lepidus were the second and last.

Webster 1828 Edition

Triumvir

TRI'UMVIR

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Noun.
[L. tres, three, and vir, man.] One of three men united in office. The triumvirs, L. triumviri, of Rome, were three men who jointly obtained the sovereign power in Rome. The first of these were Caesar, Crassus and Pompey.

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