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pro·con·sul
(prō-kŏn′səl)n.
1. A provincial governor of consular rank in the Roman Republic and Roman Empire.
2. A high administrator in one of the modern colonial empires.
[Middle English, from Latin prōcōnsul, from prō cōnsule, in place of the consul : prō, instead of; see pro-1 + cōnsule, ablative of cōnsul, consul; see consul.]
pro·con′su·lar (-sə-lər) adj.
pro·con′su·late (-sə-lĭt) n.
pro·con′sul·ship′ n.
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pro•con•su•late
(proʊˈkɒn sə lɪt)also pro•con′sul•ship`,
n.
the office or term of office of a proconsul.
[1650–60; < Latin]
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