quartumvirate

English

Etymology

From quārtus (“fourth”) + the latter part of triumvirate, possibly originally as a variant of quatrumvirate, itself a variant of quadrumvirate.

Noun

quartumvirate (plural quartumvirates)

1. Alternative form of quattuorvirate: rule by four people.

References

• "quartumvirate, n.", in the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Anagrams

• quatrumvirate