Test Your Vocabulary

Take Our 10-Question Quiz

Name That Thing

Take our visual vocab quiz

Test Your Knowledge »

True or False?

A quick quiz about stuff worth knowing

Take It Now »

Join Us on FB & Twitter

Get the Word of the Day and More

Facebook | Twitter

triumvirate


tri·um·vi·rate

noun \trī-ˈəm-və-rət\

Definition of TRIUMVIRATE

1
: a body of triumvirs
2
: the office or government of triumvirs
3
: a group or association of three

Examples of TRIUMVIRATE

  1. <among the city's cultural institutions, the art museum, the symphony orchestra, and the opera company reign as the supreme triumvirate>

First Known Use of TRIUMVIRATE

1584

Other Government and Politics Terms

agent provocateur, agitprop, autarky, cabal, egalitarianism, federalism, hegemony, plenipotentiary, popular sovereignty, socialism

Browse

Next Word in the Dictionary: triune (noun)
Previous Word in the Dictionary: triumvir
All Words Near: triumvirate

Seen & Heard

What made you want to look up triumvirate? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).