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duumvirate

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20
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10
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/djuːˈʌmvɪɹət/(UK)

Definition of duumvirate

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. Synonym of diarchy: rule by two people, especially two men.
    “To replace the all-powerful Salan, de Gaulle appointed a duumvirate – Paul Delouvrier and General Maurice Challe.”
    “This was to raise the prospect of a duumvirate – ‘two heads in the same hat’, as Bernis quaintly put it.”
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noun

  1. Synonym of diarchy: rule by two people, especially two men.
    “To replace the all-powerful Salan, de Gaulle appointed a duumvirate – Paul Delouvrier and General Maurice Challe.”
    “This was to raise the prospect of a duumvirate – ‘two heads in the same hat’, as Bernis quaintly put it.”
  2. (historical)Any of several offices of the Roman Republic held by two joint magistrates known as duumvirs.

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Etymology

From Latin duumvirātus, from duumvir + -ātus. Equivalent to duumvir + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office, here the group of people involved with it).

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