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con⋅sul

  [kon-suhl]
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–noun
1. an official appointed by the government of one country to look after its commercial interests and the welfare of its citizens in another country.
2. either of the two chief magistrates of the ancient Roman republic.
3. French History. one of the three supreme magistrates of the First Republic during the period 1799–1804.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < L; traditionally taken to be a deriv. of consulere to consult, but orig. and interrelationship of both words is unclear

Related forms:
con⋅su⋅lar, adjective
con⋅sul⋅ship, noun

Usage note:
See council.
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con·sul   (kŏn'səl)   
n.   Abbr. Con. or Cons.

  1. An official appointed by a government to reside in a foreign country and represent his or her government's commercial interests and assist its citizens there. See Usage Note at council.

  2. Either of the two chief magistrates of the Roman Republic, elected for a term of one year.

  3. Any of the three chief magistrates of the French Republic from 1799 to 1804.


[Middle English, Roman consul, from Latin cōnsul; possibly akin to cōnsulere, to take counsel.]
con'su·lar (-sə-lər) adj., con'sul·ship' n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

consul 
1382, from L. consul "magistrate in ancient Rome," probably originally "one who consults the Senate," from consulere "to deliberate, take counsel" (see consultation). Modern sense began with use as appellation of various foreign officials and magistrates, "a representative chosen by a community of merchants living in a foreign country" (1599), an extended sense that developed 13c. in the Sp. form of the word.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: con·sul
Pronunciation: 'kän-s&l
Function: noun
: an official appointed by a government to reside in a foreign country in order to represent the commercial interests of citizens of the appointing country —con·su·lar /-s&-l&r/ adjective —con·sul·ship noun
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Computing Dictionary

Consul language
A constraint-based [future-based?] language with Lisp-like syntax.
["Consul: A Parallel Constraint Language", D. Baldwin, IEEE Software 6(4):62-71].
(1994-11-30)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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