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·consu·lar (-sə-lər) adj. pro·consu·late (-sə-lĭt) n. pro·consul·ship′ n. |
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