Brewer's: Tribune

Last of the Tribunes. Cola di Rienzi, who assumed the title of “Tribune of liberty, peace, and justice.” Rienzi is the hero of one of Lord Lytton's most vigorous works of fiction. (1313-1354.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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