Duumvirate

Word DUUMVIRATE
Character 10
Hyphenation du um vi rate
Pronunciations /djuːˈʌmvɪɹət/

Definitions and meanings of "Duumvirate"

What do we mean by duumvirate?

Any of various two-man executive boards in the Roman Republic. noun

A regime or partnership of two persons. noun

The union of two men in the same office, or the office, dignity, or government of two men thus associated, as in ancient Rome. noun

The union of two men in the same office; or the office, dignity, or government of two men thus associated, as in ancient Rome. noun

Any of several branches of the executive in Republican Rome controlled by two people. noun

A group of two officials; a union or coalition of two people. noun

Rule by two people.

A state under the rule of two people.

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The word "duumvirate" in example sentences

UPDATE: (June 17) The duumvirate has struck a working committee! ❋ Unknown (2009)

"The fortysomethings who now dominate the Cabinet have left it far too late to move against the Blair-Brown duumvirate that held the party in thrall for too long". ❋ Unknown (2010)

In which case, it's possible that Putin will become the victim of his own creation -- Medvedev's "successorship" and the power duumvirate. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The fortysomethings who now dominate the Cabinet have left it far too late to move against the Blair-Brown duumvirate that held the party in thrall for too long. ❋ Unknown (2009)

UPDATE: June 17 The duumvirate has struck a working committee! ❋ Unknown (2009)

Within days, it was becoming evident to observers in the media and the diplomatic corps that the duumvirate would not last. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Since then, Ukraine has a divided government with a duumvirate, at its top. ❋ Unknown (2008)

A combination of the Thatcher reforms and the decade-long Blair – Brown duumvirate has achieved what was once deemed impossible: Britain has stopped declining. ❋ Unknown (2007)

But the conflict that is now unfolding dwarfs the tensions that have previously bedevilled the 12-year Blair – Brown duumvirate. ❋ Unknown (2006)

The rest of the editorial is equally trenchant and well worth a read, not least the reminder that the dysfunctional Blair-Brown duumvirate is steadily re-shaping Britain in Europe's image. ❋ Richard (2005)

Of what did the duumvirate deliberate during their itinerary? ❋ Unknown (2003)

Hasan Pasha placed loyal beys in control and departed in October 1787, but by July 1791 the duumvirate of Ibrahim and Murad was back in power and, two years later, again ceased the transfer of tribute to Istanbul. ❋ Unknown (2001)

For this structure was no longer a duumvirate, shared between the façade of civil administration and the authority of the military, but a lumpish hexagonal pyramid with Hitler at its summit. ❋ Clark, Alan (1965)

But for reasons which elude analysis, none of the three delegates hit it off with the duumvirate who were spinning the threads of the world's destinies. ❋ Emile Joseph Dillon (1894)

Tartar frontier, and the charge of imperial affairs was taken over by a regency or duumvirate. ❋ Edward Harper Parker (1887)

Nono really feared this duumvirate, for the twins had more than once given him to understand that he would "catch it" when they got to be the oldest at home. ❋ Unknown (1865)

The people soon became exasperated by the haughtiness and insolence of the duumvirate, and murmurs growing deeper and louder, ere long led to an insurrection. ❋ Unknown (1841)

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