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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 proconsulplay

  Familiarity information: PROCONSULAR used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PROCONSULAR (adjective)


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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