A duumvirate is an alliance between two equally powerful political or military leaders. The term can also be used to describe a state with two different military leaders who both declare themselves to be the sole leader of the state. ==Examples== It has been suggested that Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev represent a modern Russian duumvirate, s...
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governing council or body of two individuals
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• (n.) The union of two men in the same office; or the office, dignity, or government of two men thus associated, as in ancient Rome.
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Du·um'vi·rate noun [ Latin
duumviratus , from
duumvir .] The union of two men in the same office; or the office, dignity, or government of two men thus associated, as in ancient Rome.
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duumvir, duumviracy, duumviral, duumvirate 1. In Roman history, one of the duumviri, the general name given to pairs of co-equal magistrates and functionaries in Rome and in her coloniae and municipia. 2. In modern use, one of two colleagues in authority.
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a coalition of two persons holding the same office, as in ancient Rome. · the office or government of two such persons.
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