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duumvirate

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10 lettersPronunciation /djuːˈʌmvɪɹət/Sorted adeimrtuuvStarts with DEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. Synonym of diarchy: rule by two people, especially two men.

Word origin

From Latin duumvirātus, from duumvir + -ātus. Equivalent to duumvir + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office, here the group of people involved with it).

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  • To replace the all-powerful Salan, de Gaulle appointed a duumvirate – Paul Delouvrier and General Maurice Challe.
  • This was to raise the prospect of a duumvirate – ‘two heads in the same hat’, as Bernis quaintly put it.

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