proconsul
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pro·con·sul
(prō-kŏn′səl)n.
1. A provincial governor of consular rank in the Roman Republic and Roman Empire.
2. A high administrator in one of the modern colonial empires.
[Middle English, from Latin prōcōnsul, from prō cōnsule, in place of the consul : prō, instead of; see pro-1 + cōnsule, ablative of cōnsul, consul; see consul.]
pro·con′su·lar (-sə-lər) adj.
pro·con′su·late (-sə-lĭt) n.
pro·con′sul·ship′ n.
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proconsul
(prəʊˈkɒnsəl)n
1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) an administrator or governor of a colony, occupied territory, or other dependency
2. (Historical Terms) (in ancient Rome) the governor of a senatorial province
[C14: from Latin, from prō consule (someone acting) for the consul. See pro-2, consul]
proconsular adj
proˈconsulate, proˈconsulship n
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pro•con•sul
(proʊˈkɒn səl)n.
1. an official, usu. a former consul, acting as governor or military commander of an ancient Roman province, with powers similar to those of a consul.
2. any appointed administrator over a dependency or an occupied area.
pro•con′su•lar, adj.
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Noun | 1. | proconsul - an official in a modern colony who has considerable administrative power functionary, official - a worker who holds or is invested with an office |
2. | proconsul - a provincial governor of consular rank in the Roman Republic and Roman Empire governor - the head of a state government | |
3. | proconsul - an anthropoid ape of the genus Proconsul hominoid - a primate of the superfamily Hominoidea genus Proconsul - genus of extinct primitive African primates of the Miocene epoch; sometimes considered a subgenus of Dryopithecus |
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