consul
IPA: kˈɑnsʌɫ
noun
- (historical) Either of the two heads of government and state of the Roman Republic or the equivalent nominal post under the Roman and Byzantine Empires.
- (historical) Any of the three heads of government and state of France between 1799 and 1804.
- (obsolete) A count or earl.
- (obsolete or historical) A councillor
- (historical) A member of early modern city councils in southern France and Catalonia.
- (historical) An officer of the trading and merchant companies of early modern England.
- (historical) An official in various early modern port and trading towns, elected by resident foreign merchants to settle disputes among themselves and to represent them to the local authorities.
- (by extension) An official residing in major foreign towns to represent and protect the interests of the merchants and citizens of their country.
- (obsolete) A high government official, generally either a coruler himself or a counsellor directly under the ruler.
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Examples of "consul" in Sentences
- The Senate is headed by the Consul.
- The former dominated the consulate.
- The consulate buildings are to the right.
- The consuls dealt with the agenda acutely.
- Order was restored during the Consulate and the Empire.
- He became consul in 510 in the kingdom of the Ostrogoths.
- The consulate general of Slovenia is located in the building.
- The praetor is regarded as a junior colleague of the consuls.
- In the capital, the consulate may be a part of the embassy itself.
- The building hosts both the Embassy of Israel and the Israeli Consulate.