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consul

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con·sul  (knsl)
n. Abbr. Con. or Cons.
1. An official appointed by a government to reside in a foreign country and represent his or her government's commercial interests and assist its citizens there. See Usage Note at council.
2. Either of the two chief magistrates of the Roman Republic, elected for a term of one year.
3. Any of the three chief magistrates of the French Republic from 1799 to 1804.

[Middle English, Roman consul, from Latin cnsul; possibly akin to cnsulere, to take counsel.]

consu·lar (-s-lr) adj.
consul·ship n.

consul
Noun
1. an official representing a state in a foreign country
2. one of the two chief magistrates in ancient Rome [Latin]
consular adj
consulship n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.consulconsul - a diplomat appointed by a government to protect its commercial interests and help its citizens in a foreign country
diplomat, diplomatist - an official engaged in international negotiations
Translations
Spanish consul [ˈkɔnsl] ncónsul m/f
French consul [ˈkɔnsl] nconsul m
German consul [ˈkɔnsl] nKonsul(in) m(f)
Italian consul [ˈkɔnsl] nconsole m

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One was the British consul at Suez, who, despite the prophecies of the English Government, and the unfavourable predictions of Stephenson, was in the habit of seeing, from his office window, English ships daily passing to and fro on the great canal, by which the old roundabout route from England to India by the Cape of Good Hope was abridged by at least a half.
In vain the officer represented to Bartolomeo that he could not see the First Consul without having previously requested an audience in writing; the Italian insisted that the soldier should go to Bonaparte.
United States Consul Lingford was a fussy, elderly gentleman, and in the two years of his service at Attu-Attu had never encountered so unprecedented a case as that laid before him by Boyd Duncan.
 
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