octovirate

词形变化

octovirates 复数 octovirates

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A group of eight people, especially (politics) a council of eight men who share office or rule.

词源

From Latin octōvirātus, from octōvir + -ātus. By surface analysis, octovir + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office, a group of people performing it).

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