proconsul

A provincial governor of consular rank in the Roman Republic and Roman Empire.

A high administrator in one of the modern colonial empires.

In ancient Rome, an officer who discharged the duties and had, outside of Rome itself, most of the authority of a consul, without holding the office of consul.

An officer who discharged the duties of a consul without being himself consul; a governor of, or a military commander in, a province. He was usually one who had previously been consul.

A magistrate who served as a consul and then as the governor of a province

an official in a modern colony who has considerable administrative power

an anthropoid ape of the genus Proconsul

a provincial governor of consular rank in the Roman Republic and Roman Empire