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tribune I. \ˈtriˌbyün, trə̇ˈb-\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English, from Latin tribunus head of the tribe, chieftain, commander, tribune, from tribus tribe — more at tribe 1. : a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic: a. : a commander of troops furnished the Roman army by the tribes b. : a military commander chosen from the plebeians c. : an officer elected from the plebeians with the specific function of protecting the individual citizen and especially the plebeian from the arbitrary action of the patrician magistrates 2. a. : an officer or body in any country whose function is like that of a Roman tribune especially in defending the common people < Congress as the tribune of the people — Max Lerner > b. : a person other than a member of an official legislative, executive, or judicial body who defends the rights of the individual < suggested that trade-union leaders serve as tribunes in management with a veto power over management decisions — H.M.Magid > < the writer … is still the tribune of the person, the critic of institutions — Rex Warner > II. noun (-s) Etymology: French, from Italian tribuna, from Medieval Latin, from Latin tribunal 1. : the raised platform in one end of a Roman basilica used especially as the official station of the praetor and commonly placed in a semicircular apse 2. a. : the bishop's throne in a basilican church or the apsidal structure containing it b. : an apsidal structure in a public building (as an Italian church) 3. : a dais or platform from which an assembly is addressed |