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Proconsulate
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Proconsulate
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1.
an administrator or governor of a colony, occupied territory, or other dependency
2.
(in ancient Rome) the governor of a senatorial province
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Proconsulate
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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.
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Proconsulate
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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.
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