Definition of "consul general" [consul general]

• A consul of the highest rank serving at a principal location and usually responsible for other consular offices within a country. (noun)

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• "The first thing the consul general there, an old acquaintance, had done was to tell them about the ominous strangers who had inquired about Gonwil Lodis early in the day."