• Tribune

    Origin

    From Latin tribunus, related to tribus ("tribe") (from its original sense of "leader of a tribe").

    Noun

    tribune

    (plural tribunes)
    1. an elected official in ancient Rome
    2. a protector of the people
    3. the domed or vaulted apse in a Christian church that houses the bishop’s throne
    4. a place or an opportunity to speak, to express one's opinion, a platformthis new magazine's goal is to give a tribune to unmarried mothers
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