vice-regent
Americannoun
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of vice-regent
First recorded in 1550–60
Example Sentences
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This limited form of military rule maintained for several centuries of troublesome times, or until about 1412, when Emperor Sigismund appointed Burgrave Frederick, of Nuremberg, "Stratt-halter," or vice-regent.
From Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights by Kelly Miller
"Sometimes," she said steadily, "I have almost believed he was Erlik's own vice-regent on earth—the Slayer of Souls himself."
From The Slayer Of souls by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
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 M. B. (Margaret Bertha) Synge
"Ah," said the king, "and what are the prerogatives of a vice-regent?"
From Frederick the Great and His Court by L. (Luise) Mühlbach
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
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