Pronunciations (4)
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/pɹəʊˈkɒn.səl/
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/pɹoʊˈkɑn.səl/
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- General-American
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pɹəʊˈkɒn.səl
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- GB
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pɹoʊˈkɑn.səl
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- US
Noun
A magistrate who served as a consul and then as the governor of a province.
Usage- in ancient Rome
- Related words
Noun
an official in a modern colony who has considerable administrative power
- Broader terms
a provincial governor of consular rank in the Roman Republic and Roman Empire
- Broader terms
an anthropoid ape of the genus Proconsul
- Broader terms