Library / English Dictionary

PROCONSULAR

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or typical of a proconsul

Example:

proconsular offices

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Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

proconsul (an official in a modern colony who has considerable administrative power)

Derivation:

proconsul (a provincial governor of consular rank in the Roman Republic and Roman Empire)

proconsul (an official in a modern colony who has considerable administrative power)

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