consul general

noun

plural consuls general
: a consul of the first rank stationed in an important place or having jurisdiction in several places or over several consuls

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Chen was named the country’s new consul general in New York City in October, succeeding Huang Ping who held the post for six years. Russell Flannery, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024 Juan Pablo Valdivieso, Ecuador's consul general in Phoenix, attended the safety briefing at a time when the southern border is seeing an increase in Ecuadorian crossings. Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 29 Mar. 2024 Following the bloodshed in Nice, less successful attacks rippled throughout the country and beyond: in Avignon, the police killed a man wielding a knife; in Lyon, another man was arrested with a makeshift bomb; in Riyadh, the French consul general was attacked with a sharp object. Justin E. H. Smith, Foreign Affairs, 4 Nov. 2020 Chen Li, a former Chinese ambassador to Finland, has been named the country’s new consul general in New York City. Russell Flannery, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for consul general 

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First Known Use

1753, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of consul general was in 1753

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“Consul general.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/consul%20general. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.

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