consul general
noun
plural consuls general
: a consul of the first rank stationed in an important place or having jurisdiction in several places or over several consuls
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During thirty years as a diplomat, Cleveland Heights native Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley served as U.S. Ambassador to Malta and survived an al-Qaida attack as U.S. consul general in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
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Sabrina Eaton, cleveland, 26 Oct. 2022
During the day, the Mexican consul general of Dallas will take center stage to give the Grito de Independencia, or cry for independence, in honor of Mexican Independence Day.
Sept. 17 at La Gran Plaza de Fort Worth, 4200 South Freeway, Fort Worth.
—Norma Cavazos, Dallas News, 14 Sep. 2023
Yoshioka, who arrived in Portland in late March, serves as consul general for the Consular Office of Japan in Portland.
—oregonlive, 29 Aug. 2023
Israel's consul general in New York resigned in protest.
—Francesca Chambers, USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2023
The departing officials included China’s consul general to Manchester, U.K. Foreign Minister James Cleverly said.
—James T. Areddy, WSJ, 15 Dec. 2022
Imelda Marcos, left, arrives at the crowded office of the consul general in New York to apply for a Philippine passport on March 21, 1991.
—Time, 27 July 2023
Decked out in festive Union Jack glasses, T-shirts, and bow ties before the first light of dawn, an intimate crowd gathered in the Beacon Hill home of the British consul general in Boston early Saturday morning to celebrate the coronation of King Charles III as monarch of the United Kingdom.
—Ivy Scott, BostonGlobe.com, 6 May 2023
Mexico’s government is covering the costs of getting the victims’ bodies back to their hometowns, according to a statement from Carlos González Gutiérrez, the consul general of Mexico in San Diego.
—Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Apr. 2023
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Sabrina Eaton, cleveland, 26 Oct. 2022
During the day, the Mexican consul general of Dallas will take center stage to give the Grito de Independencia, or cry for independence, in honor of Mexican Independence Day.
Sept. 17 at La Gran Plaza de Fort Worth, 4200 South Freeway, Fort Worth.
—Norma Cavazos, Dallas News, 14 Sep. 2023
Yoshioka, who arrived in Portland in late March, serves as consul general for the Consular Office of Japan in Portland.
—oregonlive, 29 Aug. 2023
Israel's consul general in New York resigned in protest.
—Francesca Chambers, USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2023
The departing officials included China’s consul general to Manchester, U.K. Foreign Minister James Cleverly said.
—James T. Areddy, WSJ, 15 Dec. 2022
Imelda Marcos, left, arrives at the crowded office of the consul general in New York to apply for a Philippine passport on March 21, 1991.
—Time, 27 July 2023
Decked out in festive Union Jack glasses, T-shirts, and bow ties before the first light of dawn, an intimate crowd gathered in the Beacon Hill home of the British consul general in Boston early Saturday morning to celebrate the coronation of King Charles III as monarch of the United Kingdom.
—Ivy Scott, BostonGlobe.com, 6 May 2023
Mexico’s government is covering the costs of getting the victims’ bodies back to their hometowns, according to a statement from Carlos González Gutiérrez, the consul general of Mexico in San Diego.
—Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Apr. 2023
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First Known Use
1753, in the meaning defined above
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“Consul general.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/consul%20general. Accessed 26 Sep. 2023.
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