Etymology

triumvir

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Today it means: One member of a triumvirate. Full definition →

Latin triumvir
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  1. Latin · learned borrowing fromtriumvir
  2. English todaytriumvir

Learned borrowing from Latin triumvir. Compare Middle English triumvir (“committee of three magistrates”).

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