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Topic: OFFICIALS

Date: 1300-1400
Language: Latin
Origin: consulere; CONSULT

consul

 noun
     
con‧sul [countable]
PGO a government official sent to live in a foreign city to help people from his or her own country who are living or staying there [↪ ambassador]:
the British Consul in Paris
—consular adjective:
a consular official
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