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PROCONSULSHIP
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The position of proconsul
Synonyms:
proconsulate; proconsulship
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("proconsulship" is a kind of...):
berth; billet; office; place; position; post; situation; spot (a job in an organization)
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)
