pro·con·sul

(prō-kŏn′səl)

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.

[Middle English, from Latin prōcōnsul, from prō cōnsule, in place of the consul : prō, instead of; see pro-¹ + cōnsule, ablative of cōnsul, consul; see consul.]

pro·con′su·lar (-sə-lər) adj.

pro·con′su·late (-sə-lĭt) n.

pro·con′sul·ship′ n.

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proconsular - of or relating to or typical of a proconsul; "proconsular offices"

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El derecho publico en las "Noches Aticas" de Aulo Gelio