Hypertext Webster Gateway: "triumvirate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Triumvirate \Tri*um"vi*rate\, n. [L. triumviratus: cf. F.
triumvirat.]
1. Government by three in coalition or association; the term
of such a government.
2. A coalition or association of three in office or
authority; especially, the union of three men who obtained
the government of the Roman empire.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
triumvirate
n : a group of three men responsible for public administration
or civil authority
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