proconsul
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Officialsproconsulpro‧con‧sul /prəʊˈkɒnsəl $ proʊˈkɑːn-/ noun [countable] PGOsomeone who governed a part of the ancient Roman EmpireExamples from the Corpusproconsul• This monster used to come up literally out of the sea, with the arrival of the Roman proconsul at Ephesus.Origin proconsul (1300-1400) Latin pro consule “for a consul”