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tribÂ·une 1. n. 1. An officer of ancient Rome elected by the plebeians to protect their rights from arbitrary acts of the patrician magistrates.
1) The Roman government was curious in that there were often large gatherings of commoners (or plebeians) in which they could elect their own personal representative, known as the Tribune of the Plebs (i.e. the representative of the common people, as opposed to the senators and consuls, who by law were all rich patricians, or elite upper-class, and ...