Found 2 items, similar to proconsul.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: proconsul proconsul n 1: an official in a modern colony who has considerable administrative power 2: a provincial governor of consular rank in the Roman Republic and Roman Empire 3: an anthropoid ape of the genus Proconsul
English → English (gcide) Definition: Proconsul Proconsul \Pro*con"sul\, n. [L., fr. pro for + consul consul.] (Rom. Antiq.) An officer who discharged the duties of a consul without being himself consul; a governor of, or a military commander in, a province. He was usually one who had previously been consul. [1913 Webster]