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proconsul
pro·con·sul P0578000 (prō-kŏn′səl)n.1. A provincial governor of consular rank in the Roman Republic and Roman Empire.2. A high administrator in one of the modern colonial empires.
[Middle English, from Latin prōcōnsul, from prō cōnsule, in place of the consul : prō, instead of; see pro-1 + cōnsule, ablative of cōnsul, consul; see consul.]
pro·con′su·lar (-sə-lər) adj.pro·con′su·late (-sə-lĭt) n.pro·con′sul·ship′ n.proconsul (prəʊˈkɒnsəl) n1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) an administrator or governor of a colony, occupied territory, or other dependency2. (Historical Terms) (in ancient Rome) the governor of a senatorial province[C14: from Latin, from prō consule (someone acting) for the consul. See pro-2, consul] proconsular adj proˈconsulate, proˈconsulship npro•con•sul (proʊˈkɒn səl)
n. 1. an official, usu. a former consul, acting as governor or military commander of an ancient Roman province, with powers similar to those of a consul. 2. any appointed administrator over a dependency or an occupied area. [1350–1400; Middle English < Latin prōconsul; see pro-1, consul] pro•con′su•lar, adj. Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | proconsul - an official in a modern colony who has considerable administrative powerfunctionary, official - a worker who holds or is invested with an office | | 2. | proconsul - a provincial governor of consular rank in the Roman Republic and Roman Empiregovernor - the head of a state government | | 3. | proconsul - an anthropoid ape of the genus Proconsulhominoid - a primate of the superfamily Hominoideagenus Proconsul - genus of extinct primitive African primates of the Miocene epoch; sometimes considered a subgenus of Dryopithecus |
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Proconsul
proconsul, in ancient Rome, governor of a province. He was in sole charge of the army, of justice, and of administration in his province and could not be prosecuted for maladministration until his office expired. In modern times the title has sometimes been used for a colonial governor with far-reaching powers. Bibliography See W. M. Jashemski, The Origin and History of the Proconsular and the Propraetorian Imperium to 27 B.C. (1950).
Proconsul, extinct group of apes. Proconsul fossils have been discovered in E Africa. It had a mixture of apeape,
any primate of the superfamily Hominoidea, which includes humans; this article, however, focuses on the nonhuman apes. The small apes, the gibbons and the siamang, and the orangutans, which belong to the great apes, are found in SE Asia.
..... Click the link for more information. and Old World monkeymonkey,
any of a large and varied group of mammals of the primate order. The term monkey includes all primates that do not belong to the categories human, ape, or prosimian; however, monkeys do have certain common features.
..... Click the link for more information. characteristics, and lived from 23 to 25 million years ago.Proconsul an official state position in ancient Rome. Proconsuls originally carried out military orders outside Rome, but with the formation of the Roman provinces they exercised juridical, administrative, and military authority within the provinces. Beginning in 27 B.C., they governed primarily in the senatorial provinces. Proconsuls were customarily given powers for one year. Proconsul
An extinct genus of primates that lived in African rainforests 23 million to 17 million years ago during the Miocene epochproconsul
Related to proconsul: Dryopithecus, SivapithecusWords related to proconsulnoun an official in a modern colony who has considerable administrative powerRelated Wordsnoun a provincial governor of consular rank in the Roman Republic and Roman EmpireRelated Wordsnoun an anthropoid ape of the genus ProconsulRelated Words |