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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Government by eight persons, or a region inhabited by eight affiliated communities each having its own chief or government.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A government consisting of eight people
  • noun An alliance of eight countries

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