Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

honorary consul

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.33 in modern English

Syllables: hon-orary -con-sul
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person representing a country as a local consul, who is a private person (without diplomatic immunity; not a career diplomat) and part-time representative, with their own primary pursuits, frequently a citizen of the country that is hosting the consul (a local citizen; not a citizen of the country being represented) or expatriate (citizen of the country being represented, living and working in the local country), frequently with commercial ties to the country being represented.

Inflected Forms

honorary consuls (plural)

Phrases

honorary consulate

Frequently Paired Words

consul consul-general ambassador diplomat foreign service

Questions

What does honorary consul mean?: A person representing a country as a local consul, who is a private person (without diplomatic immunity; not a career diplomat) and part-time representative, with their own primary pursuits, frequently a citizen of the country that is hosting the consul (a local citizen; not a citizen of the country being represented) or expatriate (citizen of the country being represented, living and working in the local country), frequently with commercial ties to the country being represented.

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