Quinquevir

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Quinquevir \Quin"que*vir\, n.; pl; E. {Quinquevirs}, L.
     {Quinqueviri}. [L., fr. quinque Five + vir man.] (Bot.
     Antiq.)
     One of five commissioners appointed for some special object.
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