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

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 Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)

Such was this remarkable man as first seen by the English, "venerated as God's vice-regent through all the eastern countries of Asia."

From A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole by Synge, M. B. (Margaret Bertha)

The Slayer of Souls—Erlik's vice-regent on earth—Hassan Sabbah.

From The Slayer Of souls by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)

By him it has been perpetuated with great care, being always known to three persons, the high priest of the tribe, his vice-regent and proclaimed successor, and the oldest woman among them.

From My Native Land The United States: its Wonders, its Beauties, and its People; with Descriptive Notes, Character Sketches, Folk Lore, Traditions, Legends and History, for the Amusement of the Old and the Instruction of the Young by Cox, James

"Ah," said the king, "and what are the prerogatives of a vice-regent?"

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