triumvir

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: tri=um=vir

CIDE DICTIONARY

triumvir, n. [L., fr. res, gen. trium, three + vir a man. See Three, and Virile.].

 One of tree men united in public office or authority.  [1913 Webster]
" In later times the triumvirs of Rome were three men who jointly exercised sovereign power. Julius Cæsar, Crassus, and Pompey were the first triumvirs; Octavianus (Augustus), Antony, and Lepidus were the second and last."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

triumvir, n. (pl. triumvirs or triumviri)
1 each of three men holding a joint office.
2 a member of a triumvirate.

Derivative

triumviral adj.

Etymology

L, orig. in pl. triumviri, back-form. f. trium virorum genit. of tres viri three men