vice-consuln.
/ˌvʌɪsˈkɒnsl/, U.S. /ˌvaɪsˈkɑns(ə)l/ΘΚΠ
society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > governor of province, dependency, or colony > governors by country > [noun] > ancient Roman > proconsul
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1559 Bp. Scot in J. Strype Ann. Reformation (1709) I. App. x. 33 Certeyn wycked persons..brought hym before their vice~consul, called Gallio.
1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 349 The author of this epigramme reckeneth, the two times of his being viceconsull, for two whole Consullshippes.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 526 Aterius Labeo, a noble man of Rome,..who otherwise had been vice-Consull in Gallia Narbonensis.
2. An assistant or deputy of a consul.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > diplomacy > [noun] > ambassador or envoy > resident ambassador > vice-consul
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proconsul1804
1601 W. Parry New Disc. Trauels Sir A. Sherley 10 The English Consulls and vice-consulls.
1702 W. J. tr. C. de Bruyn Voy. Levant xxxii. 121 The next Morning we waited upon the Vice-Consul.
c1744 Parl. Bill in J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea (1753) II. xii. 68 Which oath or affirmation, the said embassador, agent, resident, consul or vice-consul respectively, is hereby authorized to administer.
1788 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) II. 495 The consul's presence in his port should suspend, for the time, the functions of the vice-consul.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 713 If there be a resident consul, the vice-consul is appointed and paid by him.
1882 Ld. Acton Lett. to M. Gladstone 9 Mar. (1904) 128 The Vice-Consul is a singularly intelligent and practical man.
Derivatives
vice-ˈconsular adj.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > diplomacy > [adjective] > relating to a consul > relating to a vice-consul
vice-consular1836
1836 F. Marryat Mr. Midshipman Easy II. viii. 221 They found Mr. Hicks looking very red and vice-consular indeed.
1844 A. W. Kinglake Eothen vii. 103 The only anomaly which had been detected by the vice-consular wisdom.
vice-ˈconsulate n.
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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > governor of province, dependency, or colony > governors by country > [noun] > ancient Roman > proconsul > position of
vice-consulship1587
proconsulship1591
vice-consulate1819
proconsulate1856
society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > diplomacy > [noun] > ambassador or envoy > resident ambassador > vice-consul > office of
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1819 Ld. Byron Let. 29 Oct. (1976) VI. 235 You say nothing of the Vice Consulate for the Ravenna patrician.
1885 Manch. Examiner 12 Jan. 5/1 We should re-establish our two vice-consulates in the interior of Macedonia.
vice-ˈconsulship n.
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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > governor of province, dependency, or colony > governors by country > [noun] > ancient Roman > proconsul > position of
vice-consulship1587
proconsulship1591
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1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xxiii. 393 In Affrick they Sacrifized men, vntill the Viceconsulship of Tyberius.
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8. Hence, by gradual development: An agent appointed and commissioned by a sovereign state to reside in a foreign town or port, to protect the interests of its traders and other subjects there, and to assist in all matters pertaining to the commercial relations between the two countries. So consul-general, vice-consul. (The ordinary current sense.)
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consul1589
1589 R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations i. 191 The Venetians haue a Consul themselues. But all other nations goe to the French nations Consul.
1601 W. Parry New Disc. Trauels Sir A. Sherley 10 The English Consulls.
1694 E. Phillips tr. J. Milton Lett. of State 227 We deem'd it necessary to send to your Majesty Thomas Maynard..to reside in your Dominions, under the Character and Employment of a Consul, and to take care of the Estates and Interests of our Merchants.
1753 J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea II. xiv. 77 These proceedings..of which the consul general Wolff, was acquainted in 1745.
1826 J. Kent Comm. Amer. Law I. ii. 40 Consuls are commercial agents, appointed to reside in the sea ports of foreign countries, with a commission to watch over the commercial rights and privileges of the nation deputing them.
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