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Definition of "triumvirate" []

  • Government by triumvirs. (noun)
  • The office or term of a triumvir. (noun)
  • A body or group of triumvirs. (noun)
  • An association or a group of three. Also called troika. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "triumvirate" in a sentence
  • "It meant opening with what he calls the triumvirate of fine dining - dress code, doorman and valet parking."
  • "The other component of the coping triumvirate is the dreaded rationality, the bad-tasting hard-work and planning component."
  • "The fifth, a nano-tech zombie novel called Biohell, containing your favourite Combat-K psychotic triumvirate, is due out November 2008."