Associations to the word «Proconsul»

Wiktionary

PROCONSUL, noun. (in ancient Rome) A magistrate who served as a consul and then as the governor of a province
PROCONSUL, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Proconsulidae   — a Miocene basal ape or basal catarrhine.

Dictionary definition

PROCONSUL, noun. An official in a modern colony who has considerable administrative power.
PROCONSUL, noun. A provincial governor of consular rank in the Roman Republic and Roman Empire.
PROCONSUL, noun. An anthropoid ape of the genus Proconsul.

Wise words

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