consul general

Related to consul general: vice consul

consul general

n. pl. consuls general

A consul of the highest rank serving at a principal location and usually responsible for other consular offices within a country.

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consul general

n, pl consuls general

(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a consul of the highest grade, usually stationed in a city of considerable commercial importance

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con′sul gen′eral

n., pl. consuls general.

a consul of the highest rank, usu. stationed at a place of commercial importance.

[1745–55]

Translations

consul general

n pl <-s -> → Generalkonsul m

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