Definition of consul Consul

/kɑˈnsʌl/ - [kansul] - con•sul

We found 13 definitions of consul from 7 different sources.

What does consul mean?

Plural: consuls

consul - a diplomat appointed by a government to protect its commercial interests and help its citizens in a foreign country

diplomatist, diplomat an official engaged in international negotiations

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consul (Noun)
An official residing in a foreign country in order to protect the interests of citizens from his or her nation.
consul (Noun)
Either of the two highest-ranking officials of the Roman Republic .
consul (Noun)
One of the three chief magistrates of France from 1799 to 1804.
consul (Noun)
A senator; a counsellor.

consul (n.)
One of the two chief magistrates of the republic.
consul (n.)
A senator; a counselor.
consul (n.)
One of the three chief magistrates of France from 1799 to 1804, who were called, respectively, first, second, and third consul.
consul (n.)
An official commissioned to reside in some foreign country, to care for the commercial interests of the citizens of the appointing government, and to protect its seamen.

consul
An official representative of the government of one State in the territory of another, normally acting to assist and protect the citizens of one's own country.

consul
kon′sul, n. one of the two chief-magistrates in the Roman republic: one commissioned to reside in a foreign country as an agent for, or representative of, a government.—n. Con′sulage, duty paid to a consul for protection of goods.—adj. Con′sular, pertaining to a consul.—n. a man of consular rank.—ns. Con′sulate, the office, residence, or jurisdiction of a consul; Con′sulship, the office, or term of office, of a consul. [L.]

consul
An officer established by a commission from the crown, in all foreign countries of any considerable trade, to facilitate business, and represent the merchants of his nation. They take rank with captains, but are to wait on them if a boat be sent. Commanders wait on consuls, but vice-consuls wait on commanders (in Etiquette). Ministers and chargés d'affaires retire in case of hostilities, but consuls are permitted to remain to watch the interests of their countrymen. When commerce began to flourish in modern Europe, occasion soon arose for the institution of a kind of court-merchant, to determine commercial affairs in a summary way. Their authority depends very much on their commission, and on the words of the treaty on which it is founded. The consuls are to take care of the affairs of the trade, and of the rights, interests, and privileges of their countrymen in foreign ports. Not being public ministers, they are liable to the lex loci both civil and criminal, and their exemption from certain taxes depends upon treaty and custom.