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noun pl. decemvirs or decemviri

  1. a member of a council of ten magistrates in ancient Rome: in 451-450 this body drew up the first Roman code of laws
  2. a member of any authoritative group of ten men

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See decemvir in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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