Orig: from 473 and a superlative of 5228; instead of the highest officer, i.e. (specially) a Roman proconsul:--deputy. G473
Use: Noun Masculine
Heb Strong:
1) a proconsul 1a) the emperor Augustus divided the Roman provinces into senatorial and imperial. The former were governed by proconsuls; the later by legates of the emperor, sometimes called propraetors