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PROCONSULAR
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to or typical of a proconsul
Example:
proconsular offices
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
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)