Thesaurus: proconsul
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.
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- 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.
- n. an official in a modern colony who has considerable administrative power
- n. a provincial governor of consular rank in the Roman Republic and Roman Empire
- n. an anthropoid ape of the genus Proconsul
- 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.
- An officer who discharged the duties of a consul without beinghimself consul; a governor of, or a military commander in, aprovince. He was usually one who had previously been consul.
- n:100 n. an official in a modern colony who has considerable administrative power n. a provincial governor of consular rank in the Roman Republic and Roman Empire n. an anthropoid ape of the genus Proconsul