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English Dictionary: consul by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
consul
n
  1. a diplomat appointed by a government to protect its commercial interests and help its citizens in a foreign country
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Consul \Con"sul\, n. [L., prob. fr. consulere to deliberate. See
      {Consult}.]
      1. (Rom. Antiq.) One of the two chief magistrates of the
            republic.
  
      Note: They were chosen annually, originally from the
               patricians only, but later from the plebeians also.
  
      2. A senator; a counselor. [Obs.]
  
                     Many of the consuls, raised and met, Are at the
                     duke's already.                                 --Shak.
  
                     With kings and consuls of the earth.   --Job. iii. 14
                                                                              (Douay Ver. )
  
      3. (Fr. Hist.) One of the three chief magistrates of France
            from 1799 to 1804, who were called, respectively, first,
            second, and third consul.
  
      4. An official commissioned to reside in some foreign
            country, to care for the commercial interests of the
            citizens of the appointing government, and to protect its
            seamen.
  
      {Consul general}, a consul of the first rank, stationed in an
            important place, or having jurisdiction in several places
            or over several consuls.
  
      {Vice consul}, a consular officer holding the place of a
            consul during the consul's absence or after he has been
            relieved.

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   Consul
  
      A {constraint}-based [{future}-based?] language
      with {Lisp}-like {syntax}.
  
      ["Consul: A Parallel Constraint Language", D. Baldwin, IEEE
      Software 6(4):62-71].
  
      (1994-11-30)
  
  
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