Meaning

• Either of the two heads of government and state of the Roman Republic or the equivalent nominal post under the Roman and Byzantine Empires.

• Any of the three heads of government and state of France between 1799 and 1804.

• A count or earl.

• A councillor, particularly:

• (by extension) An official residing in major foreign towns to represent and protect the interests of the merchants and citizens of his or her country.

• A counsellor.