Толковый словарь английского языка - consul

noun Etymology: Middle English, from Latin; perhaps akin to Latin ~ere to ~t Date: 14th century 1. either of two annually elected chief magistrates of the Roman republic, one of three chief magistrates of the French republic from 1799 to 1804, an official appointed by a government to reside in a foreign country to represent the commercial interests of citizens of the appointing country, ~ar adjective ~ship noun