troika

noun

troi·​ka ˈtrȯi-kə 

1

: a Russian vehicle drawn by three horses abreast

also : a team for such a vehicle

2

: a group of three

especially : an administrative or ruling body of three

Examples of troika in a Sentence

A troika of countries signed the agreement.

Recent Examples on the Web

Now, on the precipice of what may become the biggest auto strike in years, that green troika is threatening to split apart, imperiling the future of the President’s climate agenda, and his reelection chances. —Time, 14 Sep. 2023

Central Square Theater has been run for years by a troika of women: executive director Catherine Carr Kelly, Gardner, and Debra Wise (who retired from her leadership post last year). —Don Aucoin, BostonGlobe.com, 1 June 2023

Before his eyes, a uniformed courier rushed out of the station, jumped into a fresh troika, and immediately started punching the neck of the driver—who, in turn, frantically whipped the horses. —Elif Batuman, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2023

The nation's banks are regulated by a troika of regulators: the Federal Reserve, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. —CBS News, 28 Apr. 2023

The nation’s banks are regulated by a troika of regulators: the Federal Reserve, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. —Christopher Rugaber and Ken Sweet, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Apr. 2023

Steady defensive second baseman never made an all-star team or stole the show offensively, but the Wisconsin native spent all 17 years in Milwaukee and will forever be associated with Paul Molitor and Yount as the troika that brought winning baseball to the Brewers franchise. —Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 6 Aug. 2022

If Doncic plays, Dallas would boast a troika with an even higher combined average (60.0). —Dallas News, 14 Apr. 2022

In the seventh, as the Rangers took the lead, the Semien-García-Seager troika each had singles in a two-run rally. —Dallas News, 25 Apr. 2022

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Word History

Etymology

Russian troĭka, from troe three; akin to Old English thrīe three

First Known Use

1842, in the meaning defined at sense 1