tribune
noun/ˈtrɪbjuːn/
/ˈtrɪbjuːn/
- an official elected by the people in ancient Rome to defend their rights; a popular leader
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- a raised area that somebody stands on to make a speech or a raised area with seats, especially in a church
Word Originsense 1 late Middle English: from Latin tribunus, literally ‘head of a tribe’, from tribus ‘tribe’.sense 2 mid 17th cent. (denoting the principal room in an Italian mansion): via French from Italian, from medieval Latin tribuna, alteration of Latin tribunal ‘raised platform provided for magistrate's seats’, from tribunus, literally ‘head of a tribe’, from tribus ‘tribe’.
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