quattuorvirate

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noun

A group of four people, especially a council of four men sharing office or rule.

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government
OriginLatin quattuorvirātus →
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Meanings

nounquattuorvirate (plural quattuorvirates)

plural quattuorvirates · alternative quadrumvirate · alternative quartumvirate · alternative obsolete quatrumvirate

  1. A group of four people, especially a council of four men sharing office or rule.

    Synonyms: government

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA group of four people, especially a council of four men sharing office or rule.

Similar
government
Also see
quadrumvirate

Origin

  1. Latinquattuorvirātus
  2. Englishquattuorvirate

Learned borrowing from Latin quattuorvirātus, from quattuorvir + -ātus. By surface analysis, quattuorvir + -ate.

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Translations

Dutch viermanschap, quadrumviraat
  • viermanschapgroup of four men
  • quadrumviraatgroup of four men
Italian quadrumvirato
  • quadrumviratogroup of four men
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Chicago

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