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# The Good Oil Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-good-oil-word-of-the-day-442/
- Published: 2025-10-24T17:15:44.000Z
- Updated: 2025-10-24T17:15:43.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, Word of the Day

The word for today is…

triumvirate (noun):

1: a body of triumvirs   
2: the office or government of triumvirs  
3: a group or association of three

Source : [Merriam -Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/triumvirate?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology : A triumvir is one of a commission or ruling body of three. The first triumvirate of the Roman Republic, which consisted of Julius Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus, was simply an alliance or partnership, not a formal institution of the government. The alliance didn't last long, however, and Caesar eventually emerged with total power. This led to his assassination, after which a second triumvirate took over, with Octavian, Mark Antony, and Lepidus dividing the Roman world among themselves. But these triumvirs also soon turned on one another, with Octavian alone taking power; in time he would become Rome's first emperor.

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