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   Con·sul

   /ˈkäns(ə)l/

   

   noun

   • 1. an official appointed by a government to live in a foreign city and protect and promote the government's citizens and interests there: "the British consul in Israel"
   • 2. (in ancient Rome) one of the two annually elected chief magistrates who jointly ruled the republic.
   • ▪ any of the three chief magistrates of the first French republic (1799–1804).

   Word Origin late Middle English (denoting an ancient Roman magistrate): from Latin, related to consulere ‘take counsel’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. consulship noun

   Scrabble Points: 8

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