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duumvirates

duumvirates is the plural 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.

Questions about duumvirates

What is duumvirates the plural of?
Duumvirates is the plural of duumvirate.

Words near duumvirates in the dictionary

  1. dutymen
  2. Dutys
  3. duumvir
  4. duumviral
  5. duumvirate
  6. duumvirates
  7. duumviri
  8. duumvirs
  9. duuumb
  10. DUV
  11. Duva

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