Definition of Proconsul

1. Noun. An official in a modern colony who has considerable administrative power.

Generic synonyms: Functionary, Official
Derivative terms: Proconsular, Proconsulship

2. Noun. A provincial governor of consular rank in the Roman Republic and Roman Empire.
Generic synonyms: Governor
Derivative terms: Proconsular, Proconsulship

3. Noun. An anthropoid ape of the genus Proconsul.
Generic synonyms: Hominoid
Group relationships: Genus Proconsul

Definition of Proconsul

1. n. 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.

Definition of Proconsul

1. Noun. (context: in ancient Rome) A magistrate who served as a consul and then as the governor of a province ¹

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Definition of Proconsul

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Proconsul

proclitically
proclitics
proclive
proclivities
proclivity
proclivous
procoagulant
procoele
procoeles
procoelian
procoelians
procognitive
procollagen
procollagens
procompetitive
proconsul (current term)
proconsular
proconsulate
proconsulates
proconsuls
proconsulship
proconsulships
proconvertases
proconvertin
procrastinate
procrastinated
procrastinates
procrastinating
procrastination
procrastinations

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