consul general

noun

plural

consuls general 

1. a consular officer of the highest rank, as a person who is stationed at a place of considerable commercial importance or supervises other consuls.

consul general

noun

1. a consul of the highest grade, usually stationed in a city of considerable commercial importance

Word History and Origins

Origin of consul general¹

First recorded in 1745–55

Example Sentences

Denise Fisher, who was Australia’s consul general in the New Caledonian capital of Nouméa during the early 2000s, said the violence was the worst seen in the archipelago in 40 years.

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India's Consul General at San Francisco K Srikar Reddy told the BBC they had no record of Harjit Kaur applying for travel documents to India.

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They had also been due to meet the British Consul General in Jerusalem as part of the visit, as well as meeting Palestinian and Israeli human rights organisations.

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Even the consul general of China had privately sought Peterson’s ouster.

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Those are among the findings of a study released Tuesday by Carlos González Gutiérrez, the Mexican consul general in Los Angeles.

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