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consul
[ kon-suhl ]
noun
- an official appointed by the government of one country to look after its commercial interests and the welfare of its citizens in another country.
- either of the two chief magistrates of the ancient Roman republic.
- French History. one of the three supreme magistrates of the First Republic during the period 1799–1804.
consul
/ ˈkɒnsəl; ˈkɒnsjʊlə /
noun
- an official appointed by a sovereign state to protect its commercial interests and aid its citizens in a foreign city
- (in ancient Rome) either of two annually elected magistrates who jointly exercised the highest authority in the republic
- (in France from 1799 to 1804) any of the three chief magistrates of the First Republic
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Confusables Note
See council.
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Derived Forms
- consular, adjective
- ˈDzԲܱˌ, noun
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Other yvlog Forms
- Dz·· adjective
- Dz·ܱ· noun
- ܲ·Dz·ܱ noun
- sub·Dz·ܱ· noun
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yvlog History and Origins
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of consul1
C14: from Latin, from consulere to consult
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In a room at the French consul general’s, a diptych of palms as long-legged as Paris runway models.
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The republic’s consuls and other officers became Augustus’ lapdogs, but he preserved their venerable offices and titles “with anxious care,” seeming to consult them and massaging their vanity.
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In this version, Sharpless, the U.S. consul in Nagasaki, is bilingual.
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An order to stop the Rafah offensive was the latest action against Israel, all of which create “a tremendous sense of pressure,” a former consul general said.
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The consul could only issue them with emergency white passports for return to Ukraine.
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