'Proconsul' definitions:
Definition of 'proconsul'
(from WordNet)
noun
An official in a modern colony who has considerable administrative power
noun
A provincial governor of consular rank in the Roman Republic and Roman Empire
noun
An anthropoid ape of the genus Proconsul
Definition of 'Proconsul'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster] Proconsular
Synonyms of 'proconsul'
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