"vice-consul" meaning in English

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          "text": "The French consul was there, and the vice-consul of the United States, as well as Gilbert and the Chairman of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank.",
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          "text": "The vice-consul was too deeply involved for his own good.",
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          "text": "Lanny had fixed it up with the right man in O.S.S. that Faulkner was to get a radio message through the vice-consul in Casablanca, telling him that when “Tutor” appeared, he was to drop his other work and follow orders.",
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          "text": "Ernest Hardegg was appointed vice-consul in 1871 and served through 1910.",
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