Proconsul
noun
1.
Roman History. an official, usually a former consul, who acted as governor or military commander of a province, and who had powers similar to those of a consul.
2.
any appointed administrator over a dependency or an occupied area.
noun
1.
an African subgenus of Dryopithecus that lived 17–20 million years ago and is possibly ancestral to modern hominoids.
noun
1.
an administrator or governor of a colony, occupied territory, or other dependency
2.
(in ancient Rome) the governor of a senatorial province
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