vice-regent
Americannoun
adjective
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of vice-regent
First recorded in 1550–60
Example Sentences
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Many words are spelled two different ways, for example "viceregent" and "vice-regent", "today" and "to-day".
From The Prophet Ezekiel An Analytical Exposition by Arno C. Gaebelein
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
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
Fleming, to show his divine right to the place of vice-regent, led the way to a joint on Washington Street.
From H. R. by Edwin Lefevre
She is the vice-regent in a kingdom where the mother is queen.
From The American Country Girl by Martha Foote Crow
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