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三頭政治 — meaning in English

santōseiji

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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.

Senses

三頭政治 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.

triumvirate — full definition

  1. 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.
  2. noun Any group of three joint rulers.
  3. noun Any group of three people regarded as significant in some way; also (rare), a group of three things; a trio.