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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PROCONSUL

From Latin, from prō consule (someone acting) for the consul.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PROCONSUL

proconsul  [prəʊˈkɒnsəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PROCONSUL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Proconsul is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PROCONSUL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Proconsul

Ancient Rome portal v t e A proconsul was a governor of a province in the Roman Republic appointed for one year by the senate. In modern usage, the title has been used for a person from one country ruling another country or bluntly interfering in another country's internal affairs.

Definition of proconsul in the English dictionary

The definition of proconsul in the dictionary is an administrator or governor of a colony, occupied territory, or other dependency. Other definition of proconsul is the governor of a senatorial province.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PROCONSUL


blue-pencil
ˈbluːˌpɛnsəl
cancel
ˈkænsəl
chancel
ˈtʃɑːnsəl
commensal
kəˈmɛnsəl
consul
ˈkɒnsəl
council
ˈkaʊnsəl
counsel
ˈkaʊnsəl
hansel
ˈhænsəl
Mansell
ˈmænsəl
mensal
ˈmɛnsəl
pencil
ˈpɛnsəl
pensil
ˈpɛnsəl
sponsal
ˈspɒnsəl
stencil
ˈstɛnsəl
subconsul
ˈsʌbˌkɒnsəl
tinsel
ˈtɪnsəl
tonsil
ˈtɒnsəl
utensil
juːˈtɛnsəl
vice-consul
ˌvaɪsˈkɒnsəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PROCONSUL

proclamation
proclamatory
proclisis
proclitic
proclive
proclivities
proclivity
Proclus
Procne
procoelous
proconsular
proconsulate
proconsulship
Procopius
procrastinate
procrastination
procrastinative
procrastinator
procrastinatory
procreant

WORDS THAT END LIKE PROCONSUL

beautiful
careful
colorful
grateful
helpful
hopeful
in the long haul
Istanbul
Jul
meaningful
Mosul
painful
Paul
powerful
Seoul
soul
successful
trisul
useful
wonderful

Synonyms and antonyms of proconsul in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «proconsul» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PROCONSUL

Find out the translation of proconsul to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of proconsul from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «proconsul» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

方伯
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

procónsul
570 millions of speakers

English

proconsul
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

proconsul
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الوالي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

проконсул
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

procônsul
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

রাজ্যপাল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

proconsul
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Prokonsul
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Prokonsul
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

地方総督
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

총독
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Proconsul
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tổng đốc một tỉnh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஆளுனராக
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

राज्यपाल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

vali
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

proconsole
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

prokonsula
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

проконсул
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

proconsul
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ανθύπατος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

goewerneur
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

prokonsul
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

prokonsul
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of proconsul

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PROCONSUL»

The term «proconsul» is normally little used and occupies the 121.178 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PROCONSUL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «proconsul» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «proconsul» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about proconsul

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PROCONSUL»

Discover the use of proconsul in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to proconsul and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Ape in the Tree: An Intellectual & Natural History of ...
This book offers a unique insider's perspective on the unfolding discovery of a crucial link in our evolution.
Alan Walker, Pat Shipman, 2005
2
Enigmatic Proconsul: Sir Philip Mitchell and the Twilight of ...
Sir Philip Mitchell was Governor of Uganda, Governor of Fiji, High Commissioner of the Western Pacific, and Governor of Kenya.
Richard Frost, 1992
3
Sir Glyn Jones: A Proconsul in Africa
The third book in Baker's biographical studies of the last three Governors of Nyasaland, which deals with the life of Sir Glyn Smallwood Jones, 1908-1992.
Colin Baker, 2000
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Napoleon's Proconsul in Egypt: The Life and Times of ...
Bernardino Drovetti was the French consul in Egypt for most of the early 19th century.
Ronald T. Ridley, 1998
5
Proconsul Heseloni Feet from Rusinga Island, Kenya
Overall results support previous interpretations on partial and incomplete Proconsul pedal fossils, and on other parts of the postcranial skeleton, that Proconsul was a generalized arboreal quadruped that grasped tree branches with a long, ...
Holly M. Dunsworth, 2006
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Late Cenozoic Environments and Hominid Evolution: A Tribute ...
If these features are synapomorphies, it follows that Miocene hominoids (such as Sivapithecus, Proconsul, Afropithecus and Kenyapithecus) that do not share these derived postcranial characteristics with the extant hominoids may represent a ...
Peter Banham, Peter Andrews, Walter W. Bishop, 1999
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The Roman History: From the Building of Rome to the Ruin of ...
A proconsul triumphs. A law in favour of debtors. Year of ROME 425. B. C. 327. 127 th con. rulship. Livy, b. 8. c.22. CHAPTER XII. Sect. I. The next year (in the consulate of C. Plautius Proculut and P. Cor- neliiu Scapula J the Romans gave ...
Nathaniel Hooke, 1830
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The Great Proconsul; The Memoirs of Mrs. Hester Ward
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed.
Sydney C Grier, 2012
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Hands
The first unequivocal ape ancestor that we know of lived 19 million years ago, was called Proconsul and was about the size of a fox-terrier. Proconsul fills a very important gap in the fossil record because it represents one of the many kinds of  ...
John Russell Napier, Russell Tuttle, Russell H. Tuttle, 1993
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The Book of the Acts
Had the proconsul of Achaia36 pronounced a judgment unfavorable to Paul, the progress of Christianity during the next decade or so could have been attended by much greater difficulties than were actually experienced. Gallio was a son of ...
Frederick Fyvie Bruce, 1988

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PROCONSUL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term proconsul is used in the context of the following news items.
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The Road To Srebrenica: The West's (Non)Response – OpEd
The Office of the High Representative (OHR) from the European Union acts as a proconsul overseeing the democratic process. Mladen Ivanic ... «Eurasia Review, Jul 15»
2
Now Playing Onstage in Tampa - Week of 7/26/2015
This doesn't rest well with a radical, violent insurgency holed up in the Everglades who will stop at nothing to oust the Chinese proconsul and ... «Broadway World, Jul 15»
3
Theater Review: Occupation
Meanwhile, the only character on the Chinese side to whom we're introduced is proconsul Deng Zedong, played crisply by J. Elijah Cho, but all ... «Creative Loafing Tampa, Jul 15»
4
Vers un retour du Japon à la pleine souveraineté
Arthur, proconsul en charge du pays du Soleil-Levant, voulaient le voir renoncer à l'emploi de la violence dans ses relations avec ses voisins. «L'Économiste, Jul 15»
5
Conservator channels Caravaggio to freshen a Cleveland Museum …
The painting depicts the moment in which Roman proconsul Aegeas, who ordered the execution of St. Andrew, the founder and patron saint of ... «cleveland.com, Jul 15»
6
ISIS: The Latest Bean Counter's Folly
Setting aside the strategic mistake of invading Iraq under pretext, some errors began early, such as Proconsul Bremer's ill-advised decision to ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
7
Now Playing Onstage in Tampa - Week of 7/19/2015
This doesn't rest well with a radical, violent insurgency holed up in the Everglades who will stop at nothing to oust the Chinese proconsul and ... «Broadway World, Jul 15»
8
In few ways, there is a striking similarity between chimp hands and …
They sampled living species—humans, apes and monkeys—as well as extinct species, including Proconsul heseloni, Ardipithecus ramidus ... «The Market Business, Jul 15»
9
Duncan Gay's proposal for cyclists to carry ID comes with many riders
... in the present context. Any day now, can we expect to hear that he has exchanged his bicycle for a horse and has appointed it his proconsul? «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
10
Humans have more primitive hands than chimpanzees
The sample also included the 25-million-year-old fossil ape known as Proconsul. The team crunched the measurements from all these samples ... «Science /AAAS, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Proconsul [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/proconsul>. May 2024 ».
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