troïka — meaning in English
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English meaning
- triumvirate noun A council of three magistrates ruling jointly; specifically, the First Triumvirate (60 or 59 – 53 B.C.E.) or the Second Triumvirate (43 – 33 or 27 B.C.E.); the office of a triumvir (“one of such magistrates”), or of the three triumviri.
- troika noun A Russian carriage drawn by a team of three horses abreast.
Senses
troïka is used for these senses in English:
- triumvirate An official group of three people, especially a ruling council of three men and particularly (historical) two such councils in Roman history.
- troika A Russian carriage drawn by a team of three horses abreast.
triumvirate — full definition
- noun A council of three magistrates ruling jointly; specifically, the First Triumvirate (60 or 59 – 53 B.C.E.) or the Second Triumvirate (43 – 33 or 27 B.C.E.); the office of a triumvir (“one of such magistrates”), or of the three triumviri.
- noun Any group of three joint rulers.
- noun Any group of three people regarded as significant in some way; also (rare), a group of three things; a trio.
troika — full definition
- noun A Russian carriage drawn by a team of three horses abreast.
- noun A party or group of three, especially a ruling council of three people in Soviet or Russian contexts.
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