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Definitions for Proconsul
[1] Roman History . an official, usually a former consul, who acted as governor or military commander of a province, and who had powers similar to those of a consul.
[2] any appointed administrator over a dependency or an occupied area.
[3] an African subgenus of Dryopithecus that lived 17–20 million years ago and is possibly ancestral to modern hominoids.
[4] an administrator or governor of a colony, occupied territory, or other dependency
[5] (in ancient Rome) the governor of a senatorial province
Words nearby Proconsul
proclivity, proclus, procne, procoagulant, procollagen, proconsul, proconsulate, proconvertin, procopius, procrastinate, procrastination
Origin of Proconsul
< New Latin (1933), equivalent to pro- pro-1 + Consul, allegedly the name of a chimpanzee in a London zoo (with a pun on Latin prōconsul proconsul); the genus was thought to be ancestral to the chimpanzee
Other words from Proconsul
pro·con·su·lar , adjective
pro·con·su·lar·ly , adverb
Word origin for Proconsul
C14: from Latin, from prō consule (someone acting) for the consul. See pro- ², consul