[ 'kɒns(ə)l ]
■ noun
1》 a state official living in a foreign city and protecting the state's citizens and interests there.
2》 (in ancient Rome) each of the two annually elected chief magistrates who ruled the republic.
↘any of the three chief magistrates of the first French republic (1799–1804).
Derivatives
~ar 'kɒnsjʊlə adjective
~ship noun
Origin
ME: from L., related to ~ere 'take counsel'.