vice-regent
Americannoun
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of vice-regent
First recorded in 1550–60
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Mrs. Elizabeth C. Langworthy of Seward was chosen for state regent and Mrs. Janet K. Hollenbeck of Fremont was the choice of the conference for vice-regent.
From Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences by Daughters of the American Revolution. Nebraska
But on a grey day the larkspur looks like fallen heaven; the red daisies are really the red lost eyes of day; and the sunflower is the vice-regent of the sun.
From Alarms and Discursions by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton
Most Europeans consider man as the centre and lord of the world or, if they are very religious, as its vice-regent under God.
From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 by Sir Charles Eliot
But on a grey day the larkspur looks like fallen heaven; the red daisies are really the lost red eyes of day, and the sunflower is the vice-regent of the sun.
From The Bed-Book of Happiness by Harold Begbie
During the king's minority the Archbishop was the vice-regent.
From The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela by Benjamin of Tudela
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