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)

1. 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.

2. 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.

Anagrams

• conclusive

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vis.kɔ̃.syl/

• Audio:

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Noun

vice-consul m (plural vice-consuls)

1. vice-consul

Further reading

• “vice-consul”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.