proconsul

Definition of Proconsul in English :

1. proconsul

an official in a modern colony who has considerable administrative power

2. proconsul

a provincial governor of consular rank in the Roman Republic and Roman Empire

3. proconsul

an anthropoid ape of the genus Proconsul

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Proconsul

noun

1.

an administrator or governor of a colony, occupied territory, or other dependency

2.

(in ancient Rome) the governor of a senatorial province

noun

a genus of African ape of the Miocene, a possible ancestor of the chimpanzee and gorilla

noun

1.

an official of ancient Rome who commanded an army in one or more of the provinces and, often, acted as a provincial governor

2.

a governing official in a present-day colony, occupied territory, etc.

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.