viceroy

[vahys-roi]

noun

1. a person appointed to rule a country or province as the deputy of the sovereign.

   the viceroy of India.

2. a brightly marked American butterfly, Limenitis archippus, closely mimicking the monarch butterfly in coloration.

viceroy

/ ˈvaɪsrɔɪ /

noun

1. a governor of a colony, country, or province who acts for and rules in the name of his sovereign or government

Other Word Forms

• viceroyship noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of viceroy¹

1515–25; < Middle French, equivalent to vice- vice- + roy king < Latin rēgem, accusative of rēx

Word History and Origins

Origin of viceroy¹

C16: from French, from _vice ³ + roy king, from Latin rex

Example Sentences

Soon he got permission to light up one of the city's most famous addresses - Raj Bhavan, the governor's mansion, once the residence of the British viceroy.

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Relief efforts started to be put into place by the end of 1943 with the arrival of a new viceroy, Field Marshall Lord Wavell.

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"Governor Generals, viceroys and people in high society would dine there," Mr Neogi explains.

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Dufferin was the British viceroy, and Dayal, who had worked as a surveyor for the colonial government before leaving to pursue his passion as a freelancer, was his official photographer.

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It was the homestretch for colonial rule: India would be independent, and the viceroys no more, within the year.

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