Consul General

noun [C] GOVERNMENT

Definition

› the most senior consul in a country: There is no substitute for having the Japanese Consul General in a city," said Eugene Schreiber, director of the World Trade Center of New Orleans.

(Definition of Consul General noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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