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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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  1. 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.
  2. n. an official in a modern colony who has considerable administrative power
  3. n. a provincial governor of consular rank in the Roman Republic and Roman Empire
  4. n. an anthropoid ape of the genus Proconsul
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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