quartumvirate
English edit
Etymology edit
From quārtus (“fourth”) + the latter part of triumvirate, possibly originally as a variant of quatrumvirate, itself a variant of quadrumvirate.
Noun edit
quartumvirate (plural quartumvirates)
- Alternative form of quattuorvirate: rule by four people.
References edit
- "quartumvirate, n.", in the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press.