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proconsul |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Proconsul \Pro*con"sul\, n. [L., fr pro for + consul consul.] (Rom. Antiq.) An officer who discharged the duties of a consul without being himself consul; a governor of or a military commander in a province. He was usually one who had previously been consul. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: proconsul n 1: an official in a modern colony who has considerable administrative power 2: a provincial governor of consular rank in the Roman Republic and Roman Empire 3: an anthropoid ape of the genus Proconsul
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