| consul | |
| 1. n. (historical) Either of the two heads of government and state of the Roman Republic or the equivalent nominal post under the Roman and Byzantine Empires. | |
| 2. n. (historical) Any of the three heads of government and state of France between 1799 and 1804. | |
| 3. n. (obsolete) A count or earl. | |
| 4. n. (obsolete) A councillor, particularly: | |
| 5. n. (historical) A member of early modern city councils in southern France and Catalonia. | |
| 6. n. (historical) An officer of the trading and merchant companies of early modern England. | |
| 7. n. (historical) An official in various early modern port and trading towns, elected by resident foreign merchants to settle disputes among themselves and | |
| 8. n. (by extension) An official residing in major foreign towns to represent and protect the interests of the merchants and citizens of his or her country. | |
| 9. n. (obsolete) A counsellor. | |
