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proconsul

1

[ proh-kon-suhl ]

noun

  1. Roman History. an official, usually a former consul, who acted as governor or military commander of a province, and who had powers similar to those of a consul.
  2. any appointed administrator over a dependency or an occupied area.


Proconsul

2

[ proh-kon-suhl ]

noun

  1. an African subgenus of Dryopithecus that lived 17–20 million years ago and is possibly ancestral to modern hominoids.

proconsul

/ prəʊˈkɒnsjʊlə; prəʊˈkɒnsəl /

noun

  1. an administrator or governor of a colony, occupied territory, or other dependency
  2. (in ancient Rome) the governor of a senatorial province
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • proconsular, adjective
  • proˈconsulate, noun
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Other Words From

  • pro·consu·lar adjective
  • pro·consu·lar·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of proconsul1

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin prōconsul; pro- 1, consul

Origin of proconsul2

< New Latin (1933), equivalent to pro- pro- 1 + Consul, allegedly the name of a chimpanzee in a London zoo (with a pun on Latin prōconsul proconsul ); the genus was thought to be ancestral to the chimpanzee
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Word History and Origins

Origin of proconsul1

C14: from Latin, from prō consule (someone acting) for the consul. See pro- ², consul
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Example Sentences

Government authority then rested with the Coalition Provisional Authority proconsul L. Paul Bremer.

The curator of his city sent him in chains to the proconsul.

I was travelling through Judæa, on my way to Syria, and the Cæsar had desired me to visit the proconsul.

He said he was no Roman proconsul, but the slave of Carthage.

The Roman proconsul rose from his chair and motioned that the audience was at an end.

The other senatorial provinces were entrusted to praetors, who also bore the title of proconsul.

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