| 释义 |
pro·consul
I. \(ˈ)prō+\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin, from the phrase pro consule (acting) for a consul, from pro for + consule, abl. of consul — more at for, consul
1. : an official in an ancient Roman province who was entrusted with most of the authority of a consul and who acted as governor or military commander in the province
2. : an official in a modern colony, dependency, or occupied area who acts as an administrator usually with extensive powers
II. noun
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin pro- pro- (I) + Consul, a chimpanzee in the London zoo
1. capitalized : a genus of extinct primitive African Miocene anthropoid apes related to those of the genus Dryopithecus
2. -s : an ape of the genus Proconsul |