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diumvirate

diumvirate is the alternative form of duumvirate.

Meaning of duumvirate

Noun

duumvirate (plural duumvirates)

  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.1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York: Review Books, published 2006, page 310
    Synonyms:
    diarchy
  2. (historical) Any of several offices of the Roman Republic held by two joint magistrates known as duumvirs.

Forms of diumvirate

pluraldiumvirates

Questions about diumvirate

What is diumvirate the alternative form of?
Diumvirate is the alternative form of duumvirate.

Words near diumvirate in the dictionary

  1. diuine
  2. diulose
  3. diuloses
  4. diumide
  5. diumvir
  6. diumvirate
  7. diumvirates
  8. diumvirs
  9. diunsaturated
  10. diuranate
  11. diuranates

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