Definition of proconsul

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pro·con·sul    (pr-knsl) KEY 

NOUN:

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.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from Latin prcnsul, from pr cnsule, in place of the consul : pr, instead of ; see pro-¹ + cnsule, ablative of cnsul, consul ; see consul

OTHER FORMS:
pro·consu·lar  (-s-lr) KEY (Adjective), pro·consu·late  (-s-lt) KEY (Noun), pro·consul·ship(Noun)