Both Uses of
consul
in
The Awakening, by Kate Chopin
- "It isn't pleasant to have a woman tell you—" he went on, unheedingly, but breaking off suddenly: "Now if I were like Arobin-you remember Alcee Arobin and that story of the consul's wife at Biloxi?"†
Chpt 8 *
- And he related the story of Alcee Arobin and the consul's wife; and another about the tenor of the French Opera, who received letters which should never have been written; and still other stories, grave and gay, till Mrs. Pontellier and her possible propensity for taking young men seriously was apparently forgotten.†
Chpt 8
Definitions:
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(1)
(consul) a diplomat appointed by a government to protect its commercial interests and help its citizens in a foreign country
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
A consul general is a consul of high rank. For historical senses of consul, see a comprehensive dictionary.