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PROCONSULSHIP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does proconsulship mean?
• PROCONSULSHIP (noun)
The noun PROCONSULSHIP has 1 sense:
1. the position of proconsul
Familiarity information: PROCONSULSHIP used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The position of proconsul
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
proconsulate; proconsulship
Hypernyms ("proconsulship" is a kind of...):
berth; billet; office; place; position; post; situation; spot (a job in an organization)
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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