What is (a) An official assistant given to a general or to the governor of a province. (b) Under the emperors, a governor sent to a province called?
legate — (Rom. Hist.) (a) An official assistant given to a general or to the governor of a province. (b) Under the emperors, a governor sent to a province. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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