vice-consul
English
Alternative forms
- Vice-Consul, vice consul, Vice Consul, viceconsul, Viceconsul
Etymology
From vice- + consul.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɒnsəl
Noun
vice-consul (plural vice-consuls)
- A consular officer who reports directly to the consul general or to the consul.
- 2012, Christopher New, Shanghai, →ISBN:
- The French consul was there, and the vice-consul of the United States, as well as Gilbert and the Chairman of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank.
- 2012, Gregg Olsen, Starvation Heights: A True Story of Murder and Malice, →ISBN:
- The vice-consul was too deeply involved for his own good.
- 2016, Upton Sinclair, Presidential Mission, →ISBN:
- Lanny had fixed it up with the right man in O.S.S. that Faulkner was to get a radio message through the vice-consul in Casablanca, telling him that when “Tutor” appeared, he was to drop his other work and follow orders.
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- The office held by a vice-consul.
- 2010, Lester I. Vogel, To See A Promised Land, →ISBN:
- Ernest Hardegg was appointed vice-consul in 1871 and served through 1910.
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Anagrams
- conclusive
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vis.kɔ̃.syl/
Audio (file)
Noun
vice-consul m (plural vice-consuls)
- vice-consul
Further reading
- “vice-consul”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.