proconsular


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.
Thesaurus
Adj.1.proconsular - of or relating to or typical of a proconsul; "proconsular offices"