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PROCONSULAR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does proconsular mean?
• PROCONSULAR (adjective)
The adjective PROCONSULAR has 1 sense:
1. of or relating to or typical of a proconsul
Familiarity information: PROCONSULAR used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to or typical of a proconsul
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context example:
proconsular offices
Pertainym:
proconsul (an official in a modern colony who has considerable administrative power)
Derivation:
proconsul (a provincial governor of consular rank in the Roman Republic and Roman Empire)
proconsul (an official in a modern colony who has considerable administrative power)
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