consul
(noun) a diplomat appointed by a government to protect its commercial interests and help its citizens in a foreign country
Source: WordNet® 3.1
consul (plural consuls)
(historical) Either of the two heads of government and state of the Roman Republic or the equivalent nominal post under the Roman and Byzantine Empires.
(historical) Any of the three heads of government and state of France between 1799 and 1804.
(obsolete) A count or earl.
(obsolete) A councillor, particularly:
(historical) A member of early modern city councils in southern France and Catalonia.
(historical) An officer of the trading and merchant companies of early modern England.
(historical) An official in various early modern port and trading towns, elected by resident foreign merchants to settle disputes among themselves and to represent them to the local authorities.
(by extension) An official residing in major foreign towns to represent and protect the interests of the merchants and citizens of his or her country.
(obsolete) A counsellor.
• (count): See count
• (councillor): See councillor
• (early modern councilmen of southern France and Catalonia): capitoul (Toulouse)
• (counsellor): See counsellor
• UNCLOS, clonus, cluons
Source: Wiktionary
Con"sul, n. Etym: [L., prob. fr. consulere to deliberate. See Consult.]
1. (Rom. Antiq.)
Definition: One of the two chief magistrates of the republic.
Note: They were chosen annually, originally from the patricians only, but later from the plebeians also.
2. A senator; a counselor. [Obs.] Many of the consuls, raised and met, Are at the duke's already. Shak. With kings and consuls of the earth. Job. iii. 14 (Douay Ver. )
3. (Fr. Hist.)
Definition: One of the three chief magistrates of France from 1799 to 1804, who were called, respectively, first, second, and third consul.
4. An official comissioned to reside in some foreign country, to care for the commercial interests of the citizens of the appointing government, and to protect its seamen. Consul general, a consul of the first rank, stationed in an important place, or having jurisdiction in several places or over several consula.
– Vice consul, a consular officer holding the place of a consul during the consul's absence or after he has been relieved.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 January 2025
(adjective) being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north; “my left hand”; “left center field”; “the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
