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consul

[kon-suhl] / ˈkɒn səl /
NOUN
representative
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He arrives in New York this week for a visit I am arranging as Israel’s consul general.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

The honorary consul of Poland in Northern Ireland, Jerome Mullen, said he had never experienced such a tragedy in his 18 years in the job.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

"Our friendship goes back 250 years, it is still very strong, it runs deep, and that is why we wanted to do something significant," France's consul to New York Cedrik Foursicot told AFP.

From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026

The consul general had been responding to a Times editorial supporting a boycott of products made with cotton produced in the Xinjiang region of China.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2026

There were all kinds of things going on beneath it, and she saw that the witch consul was coming to a decision.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman

The republic’s consuls and other officers became Augustus’ lapdogs, but he preserved their venerable offices and titles “with anxious care,” seeming to consult them and massaging their vanity.

From Salon ● Feb. 17, 2025

Thursday’s summit was attended by consuls and other senior officials from G-7 nations and the European Union, and lawmakers and representatives from economic organizations, labor unions and other organizations.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 30, 2023

In some cases, government officials acknowledged not knowing how many consuls they had appointed or whether any had been convicted of crimes.

From Salon ● Dec. 23, 2022

In ancient Rome, the bodyguards of the Roman consuls carried fascii as a badge of authority over war, peace, law, and death, and that symbolism appealed to the Italian Fascists.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020

Despite the emergency, two foreign consuls were playing tennis on the grass courts out back.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides




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