different between executive vs duumvirate

English

Etymology

From Middle French executif, from Latin executivus.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???z?kj?t?v/, /???z?kj?t?v/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???z?kj?t?v/

Adjective

executive (comparative more executive, superlative most executive)

1. Designed or fitted for execution, or carrying into effect.
2. Of, pertaining to, or having responsibility for the day-to-day running of an organisation, business, country, etc.

3. Exclusive.

   an executive bathroom

Translations

Noun

executive (plural executives)

1. A chief officer or administrator, especially one who can make significant decisions on their own authority.
2. The branch of government that is responsible for enforcing laws and judicial decisions, and for the day-to-day administration of the state.
3. (computing) A process that coordinates and governs the action of other processes or threads; supervisor.
   • 1973, ACM Special Interest Group in Operating Systems, Fourth Symposium on Operating System Principles

     The second phase of the executive development proceeded through two steps as stated in Section 2. First, a failsoft executive was developed providing automatic failure detection and recovery […]

Derived terms

• chief executive
• chief executive officer, CEO
• executive branch
• executive committee
• executive director
• executive ego function
• executive mansion
• executive officer
• executive order
• executive producer
• executive summary
• executively

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English

Alternative forms

• duovirate

Etymology

From Latin duumvir?tus, from duumviri + -atus (“-ate”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dju???mv???t/

Noun

duumvirate (plural duumvirates)

1. Synonym of diarchy: rule by two people, especially two men.
   • 1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York Review Books 2006, p. 310:

     To replace the all-powerful Salan, de Gaulle appointed a duumvirate – Paul Delouvrier and General Maurice Challe.

   • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 241:

     This was to raise the prospect of a duumvirate – ‘two heads in the same hat’, as Bernis quaintly put it.

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

Related terms

• duumvir
• duumviral

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