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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con•sul /ˈkɑnsəl/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
con•sul•ship, n. [uncountable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- Governmentan official appointed by the government of a country to look after its interests and the welfare of its citizens in another country.
- Ancient Historyeither of the two chief magistrates of the Roman republic.
con•sul•ship, n. [uncountable]
con•sul
(kon′səl),USA pronunciation n.
con′su•lar, adj.
con′sul•ship′, n.
- Governmentan official appointed by the government of one country to look after its commercial interests and the welfare of its citizens in another country.
- Ancient Historyeither of the two chief magistrates of the ancient Roman republic.
- World History[Fr. Hist.]one of the three supreme magistrates of the First Republic during the period 1799–1804.
- Latin; traditionally taken to be a derivative of consulere to consult, but origin, originally and interrelationship of both words is unclear
- Middle English 1350–1400
con′sul•ship′, n.
- See council.
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'consul' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Baring
- CG
- Cicero
- Cons.
- Marcellus
- Marius
- Menotti
- Paulinus of Nola
- Regulus
- VC
- cicero
- con
- consul general
- consulate
- consulate general
- consult
- consultative
- consultor
- cos
- council
- counsel
- exequatur
- general
- legate
- nonconsultative
- nonconsultatory
- praetor
- preconsultor
- proconsul
- public charge
- unconsultatory
- vice-consul