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- noun Plural form of
proconsul .
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Examples
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In the second clause 'proconsuls' is a rhetorical plural, just as _e. g._ in Euripides
Essays on the work entitled "Supernatural Religion" Joseph Barber Lightfoot 1858
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A fictional reporter for this paper, Lawrie Dayne (Amy Ryan) has taken Bush administration proconsuls at their word.
'Green Zone': Thrills Vie With Speechifying Joe Morgenstern 2010
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A fictional reporter for this paper, Lawrie Dayne (Amy Ryan) has taken Bush administration proconsuls at their word.
'Green Zone': Thrills Vie With Speechifying Joe Morgenstern 2010
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A fictional reporter for this paper, Lawrie Dayne (Amy Ryan) has taken Bush administration proconsuls at their word.
'Green Zone': Thrills Vie With Speechifying Joe Morgenstern 2010
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In the time-honored tradition of retiring Roman proconsuls and British viceroys, he has been making valedictory tours of inspection to admire his handiwork.
Adriatic Charter and the Balkans: Smaller Nations, Larger NATO 2009
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The "CINCs," when they were called that, tended to become politicians, or perhaps even proconsuls in the best Roman tradition.
Adm Blair, Obama's Intel Guy, Testimony on Taiwan Michael Turton 2009
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If it had produced only sportsmen and soldiers and imperial proconsuls, like some other famous schools, it would not be so celebrated.
The Eton Empire Hitchens, Christopher 2008
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After four decades in the Foreign Service, Hinton is America's closest approximation to the Roman Empire's troubleshooting proconsuls.
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At Oxford and Cambridge a century ago, says Ferguson, "ambitious students dreamed of passing the [Indian Civil Service] exam and embarking on careers as imperial proconsuls."
AN EMPIRE IN DENIAL 2007
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Several generals who later became postwar proconsuls first cut their teeth on civil-military matters in Italy, notably Lt.Gen. Lucian K. Truscott Jr., a future military governor of Bavaria, and Gen. Mark W. Clark and Lt.Gen. Geoffrey Keyes, both of whom would serve as Allied high commissioners in Austria.
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