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Proconsul

noun

An official in a modern colony who has considerable administrative power.

A provincial governor of consular rank in the Roman Republic and Roman Empire.

An anthropoid ape of the genus Proconsul.

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"Proconsul" Quotes from Famous Books

... he was chosen augur in succession to the younger Crassus (Plut. Cic. 36), and two years later was appointed proconsul of Cilicia, under the new arrangement providing for an interval of five years between office in Rome and the government of a province. There he carried on a petty warfare with the mountaineers, and captured the fort of Pindenissus (a success ...

— The Student's Companion to Latin Authors • George Middleton

... perhaps Governor-General of India to boot; but he reckoned without his Lord Chelmsford, and the element of success which was necessary to gild his policy in the eyes of the home public was conspicuous by its absence. As it was, no language was considered to be too bad to apply to this "imperious proconsul" who had taken upon himself to declare a war. If it is any consolation to him, he has at any rate the gratitude of the South African Colonies, not so much for what he has done, for that is being carefully nullified by the subsequent ...

— Cetywayo and his White Neighbours - Remarks on Recent Events in Zululand, Natal, and the Transvaal • H. Rider Haggard

Words linked to "Proconsul" : official, governor, hominoid, proconsulship, functionary, genus Proconsul