Hypertext Webster Gateway: "proconsul"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Proconsul \Pro*con"sul\, n. [L., fr. pro for + consul consul.]
(Rom. Antiq.)
An officer who discharged the duties of a consul without
being himself consul; a governor of, or a military commander
in, a province. He was usually one who had previously been
consul.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
proconsul
n 1: an official in a modern colony who has considerable
administrative power
2: a provincial governor of consular rank in the Roman Republic
and Roman Empire
3: an anthropoid ape of the genus Proconsul
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