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Proconsulship

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pro·con·sul  (pr-knsl)
n.
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 prcnsul, from pr cnsule, in place of the consul : pr, instead of; see pro-1 + cnsule, ablative of cnsul, consul; see consul.]
pro·consu·lar (-s-lr) adj.
pro·consu·late (-s-lt) n.
pro·consul·ship n.
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Noun1.proconsulship - the position of proconsul
proconsulate
berth, billet, post, situation, position, office, place, spot - a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the treasury"
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