quatrumvirate en · NOUN
Etymology
From alteration of quadrumvirate or quartumvirate.
Meanings
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(alt-of, alternative, obsolete) Alternative form of quattuorvirate: rule by four people.
alt of quattuorvirate
For after all Sweden can have no interest in allowing a quatrumvirate to put hands on the whole of Europe.
1910, Claude-François Méneval, Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte, the Court of the First Empire:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| quatrumvirates | Number=Plur | lexicographic |