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honorary consul

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A person representing a country as a local consul, who is a private person (without diplomatic immunity; not a career diplomat) and part-time representative, with their own primary pursuits, frequently a citizen of the country that is hosting the consul (a local citizen; not a citizen of the country being represented) or expatriate (citizen of the country being represented, living and working in the local country), frequently with commercial ties to the country being represented.

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Across languages

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22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: cònsol honorífic — person representing a country as a local consul
  • Chinese Mandarin: 名譽領事 /名誉领事 (míngyù lǐngshì) — person representing a country as a local consul
  • Czech: honorární konzul — person representing a country as a local consul
  • Danish: honorær konsul — person representing a country as a local consul
  • Dutch: ereconsul — person representing a country as a local consul
  • Dutch: honorair consul — person representing a country as a local consul
  • Estonian: aukonsul — person representing a country as a local consul
  • Finnish: kunniakonsuli — person representing a country as a local consul
  • French: consul honoraire — person representing a country as a local consul
  • French: consule honoraire — person representing a country as a local consul
  • German: Honorarkonsul — person representing a country as a local consul
  • German: Honorarkonsulin — person representing a country as a local consul
  • Hindi: मानद महावाणिज्यदूत (mānad mahāvāṇijyadūt) — person representing a country as a local consul
  • Italian: console onorario — person representing a country as a local consul
  • Polish: konsul honorowy — person representing a country as a local consul
  • Portuguese: cônsul honorário — person representing a country as a local consul
  • Portuguese: cônsul honorária — person representing a country as a local consul
  • Russian: почётный ко́нсул (počótnyj kónsul) — person representing a country as a local consul
  • Slovak: honorárny konzul — person representing a country as a local consul
  • Spanish: cónsul honorario — person representing a country as a local consul
  • Spanish: cónsul honoraria — person representing a country as a local consul
  • Ukrainian: поче́сний кóнсул (počésnyj kónsul) — person representing a country as a local consul