proconsul

pʁokɔ̃syl

Definition

Definition of proconsul - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

pouvoir absolupersonne qui exerce un pouvoir arbitraire sans contrôle

Ce directeur se comporte comme un véritable proconsul.

autocrate

dictateur

tyran

Rome antique

Dated

magistrat romain qui gouvernait une province avec autorité consulaire

Dated

Le proconsul administrait la Gaule avec tous les pouvoirs.

gouverneur

magistrat

préfet

paléontologie

TECH.

primate fossile du miocène apparenté aux gibbons

TECH.

Les restes de proconsul ont été découverts en Afrique.

Révolution française

Rare

commissaire de la Convention envoyé en mission dans les départements

Rare

La Convention nomma un proconsul pour pacifier la région.

commissaire

délégué

envoyé

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Origin of proconsul

latin, pro- (avant) + consul (magistrat romain)

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proconsulaire

adj.

histoire romaine

qui se rapporte au proconsul romain et à sa fonction

Examples of proconsul in a sentence

Certains le voient comme un proconsul imposant ses décisions au gouvernement local.
Le proconsul rendait la justice au nom du Sénat romain.
Un proconsul était souvent accompagné d’un important état-major militaire.
Un crâne de proconsul est exposé dans la vitrine centrale du musée.
Les chercheurs comparent le proconsul à d’autres hominoïdes fossiles du Miocène inférieur.
Le proconsul parcourait les campagnes pour appliquer les décrets de la Convention.

Ce proconsul redouté faisait arrêter tout opposant au nouveau régime.

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English:proconsul, Proconsul, ...
German:Prokonsul, Proconsul, ...
Italian:proconsole, Proconsul, ...
Spanish:procónsul, proconsul, ...
Portuguese:pro-cônsul, procônsul, ...
Chinese:专制者, 总督, ...
Japanese:独裁者, プロコンスル, ...
Arabic:حاكم مطلق, بُروقُنْصُل, ...
Hebrew:שַׁלִּיט עָרִיץ, פְּרוֹקוֹנְסוּל, ...
Russian:проконсул, ...
Ukrainian:проконсул, комісар Конвенту, ...
Catalan:procònsol, proconsul, ...
Danish:prokonsul, Proconsul, ...
Dutch:proconsul, commissaris van de Conventie, ...
Greek:προκαθήμενος, ανθύπατος, ...
Hungarian:prokonzul, Proconsul, ...
Khmer:មេផ្តាច់ការ, ប្រូកុងស៊ុល, ...
Korean:독재자, 프로콘술, ...
Polish:prokonsul, ...
Portuguese (BR):procônsul, pro cônsul, ...
Romanian:proconsul, comisar revoluționar, ...
Swedish:prokonsul, ...
Thai:ผู้มีอำนาจเบ็ดเสร็จ, โปรคอนซูล, ...
Turkish:sınırsız yetki sahibi, Proconsul, ...
Vietnamese:kẻ độc đoán, tổng trấn, ...

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