(n.) 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.
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beg, beglerbeg, bey, burgrave, collector, dey, eparch, exarch, gauleiter, governor, governor-general, khedive, lieutenant governor, nabob, nawab, palatine, provincial, satrap, stadtholder, subahdar, tetrarch, vali, vice-king, viceroy, wali
