Definition of proconsul Proconsul
/pɹowkɑˈnsʌl/ - [prowkansul] - pro•con•sul
We found 8 definitions of proconsul from 6 different sources.
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What does proconsul mean?
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NounPlural: proconsuls |
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| proconsul - an official in a modern colony who has considerable administrative power | ||
| functionary, official someone who administers the rules of a game or sport; "the golfer asked for an official who could give him a ruling" | ||
| proconsul - a provincial governor of consular rank in the Roman Republic and Roman Empire | ||
| governor a control that maintains a steady speed in a machine (as by controlling the supply of fuel) | ||
| proconsul - an anthropoid ape of the genus Proconsul | ||
| hominoid a primate of the superfamily Hominoidea | ||
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Wiktionary 
- proconsul (Noun)
A magistrate who served as a consul and then as the governor of a province.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- proconsul (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.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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proconsul
prō-kon′sul, n. a Roman official having the authority of a consul without his office: the governor of a province.—adj. Procon′sular, pertaining to, or under the government of, a proconsul.—ns. Procon′sulate, Procon′sulship, the office, or term of office, of a proconsul
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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proconsul
In Roman antiquity, an officer who discharged the duties of a consul without being himself consul; a governor of a province, or a military commander under a governor. He was usually one who had previously been consul, and his power was nearly equal to that of a regular consul.
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🔤- proconsul, noun, singular of proconsuls.
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