Adjective modifier

• British: Throughout these events, the British proconsul in the north, John Reid, has stood on the sidelines giving an impression of impotency.

• American: Question: Is France ready to accept the installation of a sort of American proconsul for a limited period in Iraq?

Modifies a noun

• Caesar: To support Clodius, the proconsul Caesar remained in the immediate vicinity of the capital till the blow was struck against the two victims.