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vice consul

vice consul is the alternative form of vice-consul.

Meaning of vice-consul

Noun

vice-consul (plural vice-consuls)

  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
  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

Noun capitalized: Vice Consul

Vice Consul (plural Vice Consuls)

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of vice-consul.
    • Or maybe that would interfere with the Vice Consul's dinner.2006, Norman Willoughby, Forty-Nine Management Maxims, →ISBN, page 80

Forms of vice consul

pluralvice consuls
pluralVice Consuls

Questions about vice consul

What is vice consul the alternative form of?
Vice consul is the alternative form of vice-consul.
What part of speech is vice consul?
Vice consul is a noun.
What is the plural of vice consul?
The plural of vice consul is vice consuls.

Words near vice consul in the dictionary

  1. vice chairs
  2. vice chancellor
  3. vice chancellors
  4. vice clause
  5. vice clauses
  6. vice consul
  7. vice consuls
  8. vice director
  9. vice directors
  10. vice girl
  11. vice girls

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