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proconsul definition

pro·con·sul (prō kän′səl)

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.

Etymology: ME < L < pro consule, (acting) for the consul: see pro- & consul

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Proconsul definition

Pro·con·sul (prō kän′səl)

noun

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

Etymology: pro- + Consul, name of a famous chimpanzee at the London Zoo (c. 1930)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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