honorary consul

English

Noun

honorary consul (plural honorary consuls)

1. 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.

Coordinate terms

• consul
• consul-general
• ambassador
• diplomat
• foreign service

Derived terms

• honorary consulate

Translations

person representing a country as a local consul

• Catalan: cònsol honorífic m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 名譽領事／名誉领事 (míngyù lǐngshì)

• Czech: honorární konzul m
• Danish: honorær konsul c
• Dutch: ereconsul (nl) m, honorair consul m
• Estonian: aukonsul
• Finnish: kunniakonsuli (fi)
• French: consul honoraire m, consule honoraire f
• German: Honorarkonsul (de) m, Honorarkonsulin (de) f
• Italian: console onorario m
• Polish: konsul honorowy m
• Portuguese: cônsul honorário m, cônsul honorária f
• Russian: почётный ко́нсул m (počótnyj kónsul)
• Slovak: honorárny konzul m
• Spanish: cónsul honorario m, cónsul honoraria f
• Ukrainian: поче́сний кóнсул m (počésnyj kónsul)