decemvir (English, noun)
expansion: decemvir (plural decemvirs or decemviri)
Senses:
glosses: Any of two groups of 10 men selected in 451 and 450 B.C. to wield complete power over Rome and establish the laws of the Twelve Tables.
tags: historical
glosses: Any member of a decemvirate, a council or ruling body of 10 people, as the Venetian Council of Ten.
Forms:
form: decemvirs
tags: plural
form: decemviri
tags: plural
form: Decemvir
tags: alternative
form: decimvir
tags: alternative