consul

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consul /ˈkɒns(ə)l/

▶noun

• 1 a state official living in a foreign city and protecting the state's citizens and interests there.

• 2 (in ancient Rome) each of the two annually elected chief magistrates who ruled the republic.

  ■ any of the three chief magistrates of the first French republic (1799–1804).

– derivatives
consular /ˈkɒnsjʊlə/ adjective,
consulship noun.

– origin ME: from L., rel. to consulere ‘take counsel’.