EGAVE

consul

About 3.82 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun Either of the two heads of government and state of the Roman Republic or the equivalent nominal post under the Roman and Byzantine Empires.
  2. noun Any of the three heads of government and state of France between 1799 and 1804.
  3. noun A count or earl.
  4. noun A councillor, particularly: A member of early modern city councils in southern France and Catalonia. An officer of the trading and merchant companies of early modern England. 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.
  5. noun A member of early modern city councils in southern France and Catalonia.
  6. noun An officer of the trading and merchant companies of early modern England.
  7. noun 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.
  8. noun An official residing in major foreign towns to represent and protect the interests of the merchants and citizens of their country.

Similar words

consulate ambassador embassy counsellor counselor counsel console honorary diplomat representative

Often followed by

in at general of and to for was had

Word family

consuls consulship consulships

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