consul
n
1 official appointed by a state to live in a foreign city in order to help people from his own country who are travelling or living there, and protect their interests 領事
the British Consul in Marseilles 英國駐馬賽領事. Cf 參看 High Commissioner (high1).
2 either of the two magistrates who ruled in ancient Rome before it became an Empire (古羅馬成為帝國之前的)兩執政官之一.
3 any one of the three chief magistrates of the French Republic (1799-1804) (1799-1804年法蘭西共和國的)三個主要執政官之一.