Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913
Proxene
Prox′ene (prŏks′ēn), n. [Cf. πρόξενος; πρό before + ξένος a guest, stranger: cf. F. proxène.] (Gr. Antiq.) An officer who had the charge of showing hospitality to those who came from a friendly city or state.