noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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UK:/pɹəʊˈkɒn.səl/
General-American:/pɹoʊˈkɑn.səl/
rhymes with -ɒnsəl
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A magistrate who served as a consul and then as the governor of a province.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
an anthropoid ape of the genus Proconsul
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: hominoid
3
noun
Meaning 3
a provincial governor of consular rank in the Roman Republic and Roman Empire
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: governor
4
noun
Meaning 4
an official in a modern colony who has considerable administrative power
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: official, functionary
History
Etymology
From Latin prōcōnsul.
Across languages
Translations
18 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
проконсул
(prokonsul)
— in ancient Rome: a magistrate who served as a consul and then as the governor of a province
Catalan:
procònsol
— in ancient Rome: a magistrate who served as a consul and then as the governor of a province
Coptic:
ⲁⲛⲑⲩⲡⲁⲧⲟⲥ
(anthupatos)
— in ancient Rome: a magistrate who served as a consul and then as the governor of a province
Finnish:
prokonsuli
— in ancient Rome: a magistrate who served as a consul and then as the governor of a province
French:
proconsul
— in ancient Rome: a magistrate who served as a consul and then as the governor of a province
Galician:
procónsul
— in ancient Rome: a magistrate who served as a consul and then as the governor of a province
German:
Statthalter
— in ancient Rome: a magistrate who served as a consul and then as the governor of a province
Greek:
ανθύπατος
(anthýpatos)
— in ancient Rome: a magistrate who served as a consul and then as the governor of a province
Ancient Greek:
ἀνθύπατος
(anthúpatos)
— in ancient Rome: a magistrate who served as a consul and then as the governor of a province
Italian:
proconsole
— in ancient Rome: a magistrate who served as a consul and then as the governor of a province
Latin:
prōcōnsul
— in ancient Rome: a magistrate who served as a consul and then as the governor of a province
Polish:
prokonsul
— in ancient Rome: a magistrate who served as a consul and then as the governor of a province
Portuguese:
procônsul
— in ancient Rome: a magistrate who served as a consul and then as the governor of a province
Serbo-Croatian:
prokonzul
— in ancient Rome: a magistrate who served as a consul and then as the governor of a province
Spanish:
procónsul
— in ancient Rome: a magistrate who served as a consul and then as the governor of a province
Volapük:
prokonsulan
— in ancient Rome: a magistrate who served as a consul and then as the governor of a province
Volapük:
hiprokonsulan
— in ancient Rome: a magistrate who served as a consul and then as the governor of a province
Volapük:
jiprokonsulan
— in ancient Rome: a magistrate who served as a consul and then as the governor of a province
