Definition of quadrumvirate in English:

quadrumvirate

noun kwɒˈdrʌmvɪrətkwäˈdrəmvərət

A group of four powerful or notable people.
Example sentencesExamples
- He has two quadrumvirates on which he depends: Robinson, Dickinson, Frost and Millay in poetry, and, less rhythmically, Faulkner, Hemingway, Cather and Lawrence among the prose writers.
- He was one of a quadrumvirate of Norwegians who developed much of the basis for modern econometrics.
- Cummings even had to ask the identity of the Irish member of the quadrumvirate, assuming at first it was Yeats.
- The quadrumvirate of men who provide blurbs for Kirby's fifth collection, read like a who's who of the book's poetic influences.
- Although power was divided among members in the quadrumvirate, the sharing was not even.
Synonyms
quartet, foursome, tetralogy, quadruplets

Origin

Mid 18th century: from Latin quadru- 'four' + triumvirate.

Definition of quadrumvirate in US English:

quadrumvirate

nounkwäˈdrəmvərət

A group of four powerful or notable people.
Example sentencesExamples
- The quadrumvirate of men who provide blurbs for Kirby's fifth collection, read like a who's who of the book's poetic influences.
- He has two quadrumvirates on which he depends: Robinson, Dickinson, Frost and Millay in poetry, and, less rhythmically, Faulkner, Hemingway, Cather and Lawrence among the prose writers.
- He was one of a quadrumvirate of Norwegians who developed much of the basis for modern econometrics.
- Cummings even had to ask the identity of the Irish member of the quadrumvirate, assuming at first it was Yeats.
- Although power was divided among members in the quadrumvirate, the sharing was not even.
Synonyms
quartet, foursome, tetralogy, quadruplets

Origin

Mid 18th century: from Latin quadru- ‘four’ + triumvirate.

单词	quadrumvirate
释义	Definition of quadrumvirate in English: quadrumvirate noun kwɒˈdrʌmvɪrətkwäˈdrəmvərət A group of four powerful or notable people. Example sentencesExamples He has two quadrumvirates on which he depends: Robinson, Dickinson, Frost and Millay in poetry, and, less rhythmically, Faulkner, Hemingway, Cather and Lawrence among the prose writers. He was one of a quadrumvirate of Norwegians who developed much of the basis for modern econometrics. Cummings even had to ask the identity of the Irish member of the quadrumvirate, assuming at first it was Yeats. The quadrumvirate of men who provide blurbs for Kirby's fifth collection, read like a who's who of the book's poetic influences. Although power was divided among members in the quadrumvirate, the sharing was not even. Synonyms quartet, foursome, tetralogy, quadruplets Origin Mid 18th century: from Latin quadru- 'four' + triumvirate. Definition of quadrumvirate in US English: quadrumvirate nounkwäˈdrəmvərət A group of four powerful or notable people. Example sentencesExamples The quadrumvirate of men who provide blurbs for Kirby's fifth collection, read like a who's who of the book's poetic influences. He has two quadrumvirates on which he depends: Robinson, Dickinson, Frost and Millay in poetry, and, less rhythmically, Faulkner, Hemingway, Cather and Lawrence among the prose writers. He was one of a quadrumvirate of Norwegians who developed much of the basis for modern econometrics. Cummings even had to ask the identity of the Irish member of the quadrumvirate, assuming at first it was Yeats. Although power was divided among members in the quadrumvirate, the sharing was not even. Synonyms quartet, foursome, tetralogy, quadruplets Origin Mid 18th century: from Latin quadru- ‘four’ + triumvirate.
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