vice-consul
nounEtymology From vice- + consul.
1
A consular officer who reports directly to the consul general or to the consul.
- The French consul was there, and the vice-consul of the United States, as well as Gilbert and the Chairman of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank.2012, Christopher New, Shanghai, →ISBN:
- The vice-consul was too deeply involved for his own good.2012, Gregg Olsen, Starvation Heights: A True Story of Murder and Malice, →ISBN:
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- Lanny had fixed it up with the right man in O.S.S. that Faulkner was to get a radio message through the vice-consul in Casablanca, telling him that when “Tutor” appeared, he was to drop his other work and follow orders.2016, Upton Sinclair, Presidential Mission, →ISBN:
2
The office held by a vice-consul.
- Ernest Hardegg was appointed vice-consul in 1871 and served through 1910.2010, Lester I. Vogel, To See A Promised Land, →ISBN: