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proconsul
 
SYLLABICATION:pro·con·sul
PRONUNCIATION:  pr-knsl
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.
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) —ADJECTIVE
pro·consu·late (-s-lt) —NOUN
pro·consul·ship —NOUN
 
 
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