Proconsul

//pɹoʊˈkɑn.səl// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A magistrate who served as a consul and then as the governor of a province.
  2. 2
    an anthropoid ape of the genus Proconsul wordnet
  3. 3
    a provincial governor of consular rank in the Roman Republic and Roman Empire wordnet
  4. 4
    an official in a modern colony who has considerable administrative power wordnet

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begbeglerbegbeyburgravecollectordey

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"In 203 he was proconsul in Upper Italy, where, in conjunction with the praetor P. Quintilius Varus, he gained a hard-won victory over Mago, Hannibal’s brother, in Insubrian territory, and obliged him to leave Italy."

Etymology

From Latin prōcōnsul.

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