The Collaborative International Dictionary
Consul \Con"sul\ (k[o^]n"s[u^]l), n. [L., prob. fr. consulere to deliberate. See Consult.]
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(Rom. Antiq.) 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.
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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. ) (Fr. Hist.) One of the three chief magistrates of France from 1799 to 1804, who were called, respectively, first, second, and third consul.
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An official commissioned 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 consuls.
Vice consul, a consular officer holding the place of a consul during the consul's absence or after he has been relieved.
Wiktionary
n. A consular officer who heads a consulate general, and is a consul of the highest rank serving at a particular location.
Usage examples of "consul general".
The consul general wisely avoids upsetting her with the ins and outs of our problem, but he is fairly straight with me.
The new consul general in Rome is a sort of prissy bureaucrat, and he's creating difficulties.
The Consul General has been here five years, and has got enough of it to do him for a century, and is going home shortly.
The floral tributes included one from the French government, who had also ordered their consul general from New Orleans to pay final respects to a holder of the Croix de geurre.
As he was walking down a passageway toward the wardroom for a cup of coffee a cabin door opened and the American consul general to Brazil, Alfred Gottschalk, hesitated on the threshold, talking to someone inside.
And now the Federals are up there horning in, and this consul general informs us that even the dead man wasn't a plain honest-to-God American –.
Then when he heard the heavily accented voice of the Soviet consul general of New York demanding an immediate conference, he had to acknowledge a sudden void in his chest .
Servants and dozens of hired workers were busy emptying the place of the vast amount of antiques, keepsakes, and collectibles Golga had amassed in his too-brief reign as consul general.