vice-consul

or vice con·sul

[ vahys-kon-suh l ]

/ ˈvaɪsˈkɒn səl /

noun

a consular officer of a grade below that of consul.

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Origin of vice-consul

First recorded in 1550–60

OTHER WORDS FROM vice-consul

vice-con·su·lar, adjectivevice-con·su·late, nounvice-con·sul·ship, noun

Words nearby vice-consul

vice versa, vice-, vice-admiral, vice-chairman, vice-chancellor, vice-consul, vice-county, vice-regent, vicegeral, vicegerency, vicegerent

Example sentences from the Web for vice-consul

The next morning Clementina watched for the vice-consul from her balcony.
Ragged Lady, Complete|William Dean Howells
They allowed for a second cabin-passage, which the vice-consul said was perfectly good on the Genoa steamers.
Ragged Lady, Complete|William Dean Howells
"I can put my artillery on Ghent," said the German officer to the American vice-consul.
Golden Lads|Arthur Gleason and Helen Hayes Gleason
The vice-consul was of a tradition almost as simple, and his longer experience set no very wide interval between them.
Ragged Lady, Complete|William Dean Howells

A British consular agent is resident and the Italians maintain a vice-consul.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2|Various