Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
proconsulate .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Proconsulate.
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- noun The office or status of a
proconsul ; aproconsulate .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the position of proconsul
Etymologies
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Examples
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What about “the inevitable follow-up: major occupation forces in Iraq for years to come and a very expensive and complex American proconsulship in Baghdad”?
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His argument against proceeding to Baghdad after liberating Kuwait was “the inevitable follow-up: major occupation forces in Iraq for years to come and a very expensive and complex American proconsulship in Baghdad”.
Stromata Blog: 2008
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What about “the inevitable follow-up: major occupation forces in Iraq for years to come and a very expensive and complex American proconsulship in Baghdad”?
Stromata Blog: 2008
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His argument against proceeding to Baghdad after liberating Kuwait was “the inevitable follow-up: major occupation forces in Iraq for years to come and a very expensive and complex American proconsulship in Baghdad”.
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Little more is heard from Agrippina over the next five years; an educated guess is that she may have accompanied her new husband to his proconsulship in Asia in 42.20
Caesars’ Wives Annelise Freisenbruch 2010
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What did he say at the time, or since, about the disaster that was L. Paul "Jerry" Bremer's proconsulship?
Critic Or Cheerleader: The Definitive McCain Iraq Timeline 2009
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The 15-month proconsulship of the CPA disbursed nearly $20 billion, two-thirds of it in cash, most of which came from the Development Fund for Iraq that had replaced the UN Oil for Food Program and from frozen and seized Iraqi assets.
Think Progress » More Clues About Bush Involvement In CIA Leak 2005
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I intend to leave at once for my proconsulship in Macedonia.
Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007
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The 15-month proconsulship of the CPA disbursed nearly $20 billion, two-thirds of it in cash, most of which came from the Development Fund for Iraq that had replaced the UN Oil for Food Program and from frozen and seized Iraqi assets.
Think Progress » That’s Not Accurate: White House Alters Transcript of Press Briefing 2005
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I intend to leave at once for my proconsulship in Macedonia.
Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007
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