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1. (n.) decemvir
a member of any of several permanent boards or special commissions of ten members in ancient Rome, as the commission that drew up a code of laws 451-450 b.c.
2. decemvir
a member of any council body of ten.
Etymology: (1570–80; < L, orig. pl. decemvirī=decemten+virī men)
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1. (noun) decemvir
one of a body of ten magistrates in ancient Rome
2. (noun) decemvir
a member of any body of ten men in authority
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