proconsul

Pronunciation: /pɹoʊˈkɑn.səl/

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun an official in a modern colony who has considerable administrative power
  2. noun a provincial governor of consular rank in the Roman Republic and Roman Empire
  3. noun an anthropoid ape of the genus Proconsul

Etymology

From Latin prōcōnsul.

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