duumvirate

/djuːˈʌmvɪɹət/

noun

  1. 1

    Rule by two people.

  2. 2

    A state under the rule of two people.

    “Swaziland is an absolute diarchy, ruled jointly by a king and a queen mother.”

noun

  1. 1

    Any of several offices of the Roman Republic held by two joint magistrates known as duumvirs.

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