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quatrumvirate

quatrumvirate is the alternative form of quattuorvirate.

Meaning of quattuorvirate

Noun

quattuorvirate (plural quattuorvirates)

  1. A group of four people, especially a council of four men sharing office or rule.
    Synonyms:
    government

Forms of quatrumvirate

pluralquatrumvirates

Origin of quatrumvirate

From alteration of quadrumvirate or quartumvirate.

Questions about quatrumvirate

What is quatrumvirate the alternative form of?
Quatrumvirate is the alternative form of quattuorvirate.

Words near quatrumvirate in the dictionary

  1. quatrocentists
  2. quatrocento
  3. quatroon
  4. quatroons
  5. quatros
  6. quatrumvirate
  7. quatrumvirates
  8. quats
  9. quatsch
  10. Quatsino
  11. Quatt

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Adapted from Wiktionary: quatrumvirate (page history and authors); quattuorvirate (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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