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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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