duumvirate

Definitions

1. Synonym of diarchy: rule by two people, especially two men.
2. Any of several offices of the Roman Republic held by two joint magistrates known as duumvirs.
   historical

Equivalents

Examples

“To replace⟳ the all-powerful Salan, de Gaulle appointed a duumvirate – Paul Delouvrier and General Maurice Challe.”

“This was to raise⟳ the prospect of a duumvirate – ‘two heads in the same hat’, as Bernis quaintly put⟳ it.”

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