vice-regent

[vahys-ree-juhnt, vahys-ree-juhnt]

noun

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

adjective

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

Other Word Forms

• vice-regency noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of vice-regent¹

First recorded in 1550–60

Example Sentences

In the early days of the union with Sweden the king had the right of appointing a vice-regent for Norway.

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And if Mahomet be His prophet, or if he be Lord Buddha, or if your Lord Christ be vice-regent to the Most High, I do not know.

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A vice-regent, a Son of David, will occupy David’s throne in Jerusalem.

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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.

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His grandfather, the emperor Maximilian, as regent, appointed his daughter Margaret vice-regent, and under her strenuous guardianship Charles lived in the Netherlands until the estates declared him of age in 1515.

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