consul : Idioms & Phrases
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Consul general
- a consul of the first rank, stationed in an important place, or having jurisdiction in several places or over several consula.
Webster 1913
Vice consul
cf. F. , a subordinate officer, authorized to exercise consular functions in some particular part of a district controlled by a consul.vice-consul - a consular officer holding the place of a consul during the consul's absence or after he has been relieved.