diarchy

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From di- +‎ -archy.

Noun

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diarchy (countable and uncountable, plural diarchies)

  1. Rule by two people.
    Djokovic finally cracked the Federer-Nadal diarchy in 2010.
  2. A state under the rule of two people; the form of government of such state.
    Swaziland is an absolute diarchy, ruled jointly by a king and a queen mother.

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  • diarchy”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  • dyarchy”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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