proconsul

A noun with multiple meanings: a high-ranking administrative official in a modern colony; a provincial governor of consular rank in ancient Rome; or an extinct anthropoid ape of the genus Proconsul.

• 🇫🇷Nom avec plusieurs sens : haut fonctionnaire administratif dans une colonie moderne ; gouverneur de rang consulaire dans une province de la Rome antique ; ou singe anthropoïde fossilisé du genre Proconsul.

1. Colonial administrator C1 formal political

   An official in a modern colony who holds significant administrative authority.

   • The proconsul implemented new trade policies in the colony.
   • As a proconsul, he oversaw the region's economic development.
   • The proconsul's decisions affected millions of people.

   🇫🇷Administrateur colonial

   Synonymes: administratorgovernorviceroy

   Antonymes: colonistnativesubject

2. Roman governor C1 formal

   A provincial governor of consular rank in the Roman Republic and Roman Empire.

   • Julius Caesar served as a proconsul in Gaul.
   • The proconsul commanded the Roman legions stationed in the province.
   • Cicero was appointed proconsul of Cilicia.

   🇫🇷proconsul (gouverneur romain)

3. Extinct ape C2 formal scientific

   An anthropoid ape of the genus Proconsul, an extinct primate from the Miocene epoch.

   • Fossils of Proconsul were discovered in East Africa.
   • Proconsul is considered an early ancestor of modern apes.
   • The skeleton of Proconsul shows adaptations for climbing.

   🇫🇷Proconsul (primate fossile)

• proconsuls plural form
• proconsuls' possessive plural form
• proconsul's possessive singular form