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duumvirate
doo-UHM-vur-it
noun
a two person partnership; a government body comprised of two persons
1863Thomas D'Arcy McGeeA Popular History of IrelandHe dwells on the peculation and extravagance of the administration, under 'the Duumvirate' of the Viceroy and the Primate, which he compares with the league of Strafford and Laud.1908Edward Harper ParkerAncient China SimplifiedThe year 842 B.C. may be considered the first accurate date in Chinese history, and in this year the Emperor had to flee from his capital on account of popular dissatisfaction with his tyrannical ways: he betook himself northward to an outlying settlement on the Tartar frontier, and the charge of imperial affairs was taken over by a regency or duumvirate.1922James JoyceUlyssesOf what did the duumvirate deliberate during their itinerary?

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