consul

What it means

1. historicalEither of the two heads of government and state of the Roman Republic or the equivalent nominal post under the Roman and Byzantine Empires.
2. historicalAny of the three heads of government and state of France between 1799 and 1804.
3. obsoleteA count or earl.

   Synonyms: count

In a sentence

Both we will raigne as Conſuls of the earth, And mightie kings ſhall be our Senators.

c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene ii

Where it comes from

1. Latincōnsul
2. Old Englishconsul
3. Middle Englishconsul
4. Englishconsul

From Middle English consul, from Old English consul, from Latin cōnsul.