vice-consul

[ vahys-kon-suh l ]

/ ˈvaɪsˈkɒn səl /

a consular officer of a grade below that of consul.

Origin of vice-consul

First recorded in 1550–60

vice-con·su·lar, adjective vice-con·su·late, noun vice-con·sul·ship, noun

The next morning Clementina watched for the vice-consul from her balcony.

Ragged Lady, Complete |William Dean Howells
They allowed for a second cabin-passage, which the vice-consul said was perfectly good on the Genoa steamers.

Ragged Lady, Complete |William Dean Howells
"I can put my artillery on Ghent," said the German officer to the American vice-consul.

Golden Lads |Arthur Gleason and Helen Hayes Gleason
The vice-consul was of a tradition almost as simple, and his longer experience set no very wide interval between them.

Ragged Lady, Complete |William Dean Howells

A British consular agent is resident and the Italians maintain a vice-consul.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 |Various