Definition of Quadrumvirate

1. Noun. A group of four men.

Generic synonyms: Foursome, Quartet, Quartette

Definition of Quadrumvirate

1. Noun. A group of four men, especially four men joined in authority ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Quadrumvirate

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Quadrumvirate

quadrobulary
quadrominium
quadrominiums
quadroon
quadroons
quadrophonic
quadropolar
quadropole
quadroxide
quadroxides
quadrumana
quadrumane
quadrumanes
quadrumanous
quadrumvir
quadrumvirate (current term)
quadrumvirates
quadrumvirs
quadrupartite
quadruped
quadrupedal
quadrupedalism
quadrupedally
quadrupeds
quadruphite
quadruple
quadruple-click
quadruple-clicked
quadruple-clicking
quadruple-clicks

Literary usage of Quadrumvirate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The World's Great Classics by Timothy Dwight, Julian Hawthorne (1899)
"This quadrumvirate, as they introduced a new form of government, ... The last of this quadrumvirate enjoyed the government alone during his life; ..."

2. The Life of Henry Fielding: With Notices of His Writings, His Times, and His by Frederick Lawrence (1855)
"This quadrumvirate, as they introduced a new form of government, ... The last of this quadrumvirate enjoyed the government alone during his life; ..."

3. The life of Henry Fielding by Frederick Lawrence (1855)
"This quadrumvirate, as they introduced a new form of government, ... The last of this quadrumvirate enjoyed the government alone during his life; ..."

4. Essays of British Essayists, Including Biographical and Critical Sketches (1900)
"This quadrumvirate, as they introduced a new form of government, ... The last of this quadrumvirate enjoyed the government alone during his life; ..."

5. I Give You My Word by Françoise Giroud, Claude Glayman (1903)
"Italy, close to the great quadrumvirate of Dante, Petrarch, Ariosto, and Tasso. Life for him became a weary pilgrimage, unrelieved either by present ..."

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