proconsul
/proh-kon-suhl/US // proʊˈkɒn səl //UK // (prəʊˈkɒnsəl) //
执政官,代议士,代议长,总督
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : Roman History. an official, usually a former consul, who acted as governor or military commander of a province, and who had powers similar to those of a consul.
- : any appointed administrator over a dependency or an occupied area.
Examples
Government authority then rested with the Coalition Provisional Authority proconsul L. Paul Bremer.
The curator of his city sent him in chains to the proconsul.
I was travelling through Judæa, on my way to Syria, and the Cæsar had desired me to visit the proconsul.
He said he was no Roman proconsul, but the slave of Carthage.
The Roman proconsul rose from his chair and motioned that the audience was at an end.
The other senatorial provinces were entrusted to praetors, who also bore the title of proconsul.
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