quadrumvirate

quad·rum·vi·rate

Q0010000 (kwŏ-drŭm′vər-ĭt)n. A group of four people joined in authority or office, especially a government of four people.

[quadr(i)- + (tri)umvirate.]

quadrumvirate

(kwɒdˈrʌmvɪrɪt) na group of four leaders

quad•rum•vi•rate

(kwɒˈdrʌm vər ɪt, -vəˌreɪt)

n. a governing authority made up of four persons. [1745–55; quadr- + -umvirate (as in triumvirate)]

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Noun

quadrumvirate - a group of four menfoursome, quartette, quartet - four people considered as a unit; "he joined a barbershop quartet"; "the foursome teed off before 9 a.m."

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noun a group of four men

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