triumvir

[ trahy-uhm-ver ]

/ traɪˈʌm vər /

Roman History. one of three officers or magistrates mutually exercising the same public function.

one of three persons associated in any office or position of authority.

Origin of triumvir

1570–80; < Latin: literally, one man of three, back formation from trium virōrum of three men

tri·um·vi·ral, adjective

Crassus, the famous financier, triumvir with Caesar and Pompey.

The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura |Lucius Apuleius
He could not remember the name of the third triumvir, and it troubled him greatly.

E.P. Roe: Reminiscences of his Life |Mary A. Roe
Mazzini was made a Triumvir, and henceforth became little less than dictator.

The Life of Mazzini |Bolton King
He also received a grant of land at Potentia or Pisaurum from Fulvius, who was then triumvir coloniae deducendae.

The Student's Companion to Latin Authors |George Middleton

The populace, however, inserted the name of Radetsky in place of the triumvir, and now sing the song with impunity.

The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 |Various

triumvir

/ (traɪˈʌmvə) /

(esp in ancient Rome) a member of a triumvirate

triumviral, adjective

C16: from Latin: one of three administrators, from triumvirōrum of three men, from trēs three + vir man