Look up: proconsul

1. proconsul
   [n] - an official in a modern colony who has considerable administrative power 2. [n] - a provincial governor of consular rank in the Roman Republic and Roman Empire 3. [n] - an anthropoid ape of the genus Proconsul
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2. Proconsul
   Prehistoric ape skull found on Rusinga Island in Lake Victoria (Nyanza), East Africa, by Mary Leakey. It is believed to be 20 million years old. ...
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3. proconsul
   Roman consul (chief magistrate) who went on to govern a province when his term as consul ended. ...
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4. proconsul
   A Roman magistrate, who was usually a former consul, in charge of a province. Like a propraetor, the proconsul was someone who acted as if (pro) he were an official magistrate. He could have all the powers of a consul, but was, in fact, a former consul, whose term in office was prolonged (prorogatio). This magistracy was invented in the last quarte…
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5. Proconsul
   Former consul exercising similar imperium after his term of office. provincial governor.
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6. Proconsul
   Pro·con'sul noun [ Latin , from 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.
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7. proconsul
   noun an anthropoid ape of the genus Proconsul
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8. proconsul
   noun a provincial governor of consular rank in the Roman Republic and Roman Empire
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9. Proconsul
   • (n.) 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.
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10. Proconsul
    (from the article `ape`) ...deposits have yielded such fossils as Pliopithecus, once thought to be related to gibbons but now known to be primitive and long separated from ... ...at these sites, 17 million to 19 million years old, and exploration of new sites (one of them as much as 24 million years old) in northern Kenya ... [2 rela...
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11. proconsul
    in the ancient Roman Republic, a consul whose powers had been extended for a definite period after his regular term of one year. From the mid-4th ... [2 related articles]
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12. proconsul
    proconsul, in ancient Rome, governor of a province. He was in sole charge of the army, of justice, and of administration in his province and could not be prosecuted for maladministration until his office expired. In modern times the title has sometimes been used for a colonial governor with far-reac...
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13. Proconsul
    Proconsul, extinct group of apes, now considered a subgroup of Dryopithecus. Proconsul fossils have been discovered in E Africa. It is a probable ancestor of the chimpanzee and lived from 12 to 25 million years ago.
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14. Proconsul
    Prehistoric ape skull found on Rusinga Island in Lake Victoria (Nyanza), East Africa, by Mary Leakey. It is believed to be 20 million years old
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15. Proconsul
    A `proconsul` was a governor of a province in the Roman Republic appointed for one year by the senate. In modern usage, the title has been used (sometimes disparagingly) for a person from one country ruling another country or bluntly interfering in another country`s internal affairs. Ancient Rome: I...
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16. Proconsul
    (primate) `Proconsul` is an extinct genus of primates that existed from 23 to 5 million years ago during the Early Miocene epoch. Fossil remains are present in Eastern Africa including Kenya and Uganda. Four species have been classified to date: P. africanus, P. heseloni, P. major
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