Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Government by three people; a triumvirate.
  • noun A country governed by three rulers.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Rule by three persons; a three-headed government.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Government by three persons; a triumvirate; also, a country under three rulers.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Government by three persons; a triumvirate.
  • noun A country under three rulers.

Etymologies

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tri- + -archy

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