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consul-general

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A consular officer who heads a consulate general, and is a consul of the highest rank serving at a particular location.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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  • Chinese Mandarin: 總領事 /总领事 (zǒnglǐngshì) — consular officer who heads a consulate general
  • Danish: generalkonsul — consular officer who heads a consulate general
  • Esperanto: ĉefkonsulo — consular officer who heads a consulate general
  • Faroese: aðalsendimaður — consular officer who heads a consulate general
  • Faroese: aðalkonsul — consular officer who heads a consulate general
  • Finnish: pääkonsuli — consular officer who heads a consulate general
  • French: consul général — consular officer who heads a consulate general
  • German: Generalkonsul — consular officer who heads a consulate general
  • Icelandic: aðalræðismaður — consular officer who heads a consulate general
  • Japanese: 総領事 (sōryōji) — consular officer who heads a consulate general
  • Korean: 총영사 (chong'yeongsa) — consular officer who heads a consulate general
  • Macedonian: генерален конзул (generalen konzul) — consular officer who heads a consulate general
  • Norwegian Bokmål: generalkonsul — consular officer who heads a consulate general
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: generalkonsul — consular officer who heads a consulate general
  • Portuguese: cônsul geral — consular officer who heads a consulate general
  • Romanian: consul general — consular officer who heads a consulate general
  • Russian: генера́льный ко́нсул (generálʹnyj kónsul) — consular officer who heads a consulate general
  • Russian: генко́нсул (genkónsul) — consular officer who heads a consulate general
  • Swedish: generalkonsul — consular officer who heads a consulate general
  • Vietnamese: tổng lãnh sự — consular officer who heads a consulate general
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