vice-regent

American  

[vahys-ree-juhnt, vahys-ree-juhnt] / ˈvaɪsˈri dʒənt, vaɪsˈri dʒənt /

noun

1. a deputy regent; a person who acts in the place of a ruler, governor, or sovereign.

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adjective

1. of, relating to, or occupying the position of a vice-regent.

Other Word Forms

• vice-regency
  noun

Etymology

Origin of vice-regent

First recorded in 1550–60

Example Sentences

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vice-regent

This system was followed until 1910, when the by-laws of the national society were changed to permit each state organization to elect its own regent and vice-regent.

From Collection of Nebraska Pioneer Reminiscences by Daughters of the American Revolution. Nebraska

Gregory's aim was to establish a theocracy through an organised dominant priesthood separated from the world, but no less powerful than the secular forces; with the pope, God's mouthpiece, and vice-regent, at its head.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 12 — Modern History by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir

When Allah, it is said, informed the celestial throng that he was about to send a vice-regent on earth, they deprecated the design.

From Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 2 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

"Pardon me, your majesty," said the count, proudly; "I was not only governor, but vice-regent."

From Frederick the Great and His Court by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)

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 Begbie, Harold