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tribune 1[trib-yoon, trih-byoon] ExamplesWord Origin noun
- a person who upholds or defends the rights of the people.
- Roman History.
- any of various administrative officers, especially one of 10 officers elected to protect the interests and rights of the plebeians from the patricians.
- any of the six officers of a legion who rotated in commanding the legion during the year.
Origin of tribune 1 1325–75; Middle English Latin tribūnus, derivative of tribus tribe Related formstrib·une·ship, nountrib·u·ni·tial, trib·u·ni·cial [trib-yuh-nish-uh l] /ˌtrɪb yəˈnɪʃ əl/, adjective tribune 2[trib-yoon, trih-byoon] noun
- a raised platform for a speaker; a dais, rostrum, or pulpit.
- a raised part, or gallery, with seats, as in a church.
- (in a Christian basilica) the bishop’s throne, occupying a recess or apse.
- the apse itself.
- tribunal(def 3).
Origin of tribune 2 1635–45; Medieval Latin tribūna; replacing Latin tribūnāle tribunal Examples from the Web for tribune Contemporary Examples of tribune
In 2006, he left LA with a flourish when the Tribune Co. demanded severe cuts in the newsroom and Baquet refused to make them.
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May 15, 2014
The tribune was surrounded by a squadron of hussars of the National Guard.
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His move to the Tribune would be followed by a move to a suburban manse—“Heresy!”
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Never mind that the Tribune props him up like a Ming vase now.
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The tribune of adolescent sensitivity and longing has suddenly transformed into a macho bully.
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Michael Weiss
December 23, 2013
Historical Examples of tribune
Since 1830 the widow again supplicated the Tribune des Chambres.
Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327
Various
Free again, she reclines on her couch, and is reading the Tribune.
Rev. Fred A. Ross, D.D.
The very atmosphere of the Chamber seemed to change with Vignon in the tribune.
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Emile Zola
A correspondent of the Tribune at once sent him word that this was a mistake.
Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 11, June 11, 1870
Various
Her address is printed in full in the Woman’s Tribune of April 28, 1888.
The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV
Various
British Dictionary definitions for tribune tribune 1 noun
- (in ancient Rome)
- an officer elected by the plebs to protect their interests. Originally there were two of these officers but finally there were ten
- a senior military officer
- a person or institution that upholds public rights; champion
Derived Formstribunary, adjectiveWord Origin for tribune C14: from Latin tribunus, probably from tribus tribe tribune 2 noun
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- the apse of a Christian basilica that contains the bishop’s throne
- the throne itself
- a gallery or raised area in a church
- rare a raised platform from which a speaker may address an audience; dais
Word Origin for tribune C17: via French from Italian tribuna, from Medieval Latin tribūna, variant of Latin tribūnal tribunal Word Origin and History for tribune n.
late 14c., title of an official in ancient Rome, from Latin tribunus “magistrate” (specifically one of the officers appointed to protect the rights and interests of the plebeians from the patricians), originally “head of a tribe,” from tribus (see tribe). The meaning “raised platform” is 1762, from Italian, from Latin tribunal “platform for the seats of magistrates in ancient Rome.”