proconsul

[ proh-kon-suhl ]

noun
  1. Roman History. an official, usually a former consul, who acted as governor or military commander of a province, and who had powers similar to those of a consul.

  2. any appointed administrator over a dependency or an occupied area.

Origin of proconsul

1
1350–1400; Middle English <Latin prōconsul;see pro-1, consul

Other words from proconsul

  • pro·con·su·lar, adjective
  • pro·con·su·lar·ly, adverb

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Proconsul
[ proh-kon-suhl ]

noun
  1. an African subgenus of Dryopithecus that lived 17–20 million years ago and is possibly ancestral to modern hominoids.

Origin of Proconsul

2
<New Latin (1933), equivalent to pro-pro-1 + Consul, allegedly the name of a chimpanzee in a London zoo (with a pun on Latin prōconsulproconsul); the genus was thought to be ancestral to the chimpanzee

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British Dictionary definitions for proconsul

proconsul

/ (prəʊˈkɒnsəl) /


noun
  1. an administrator or governor of a colony, occupied territory, or other dependency

  2. (in ancient Rome) the governor of a senatorial province

Origin of proconsul

1
C14: from Latin, from prō consule (someone acting) for the consul. See pro- ², consul

Derived forms of proconsul

  • proconsular (prəʊˈkɒnsjʊlə), adjective
  • proconsulate or proconsulship, noun

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