viceroy

[ vahys-roi ]

/ ˈvaɪs rɔɪ /

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noun

a person appointed to rule a country or province as the deputy of the sovereign: the viceroy of India.

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

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Origin of viceroy

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

OTHER WORDS FROM viceroy

vice·roy·ship, noun

Words nearby viceroy

vice president, viceregal, viceregal assent, vice-regent, vicereine, viceroy, viceroyalty, vice squad, vice versa, Vichy, Vichy government

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How to use viceroy in a sentence

The El Chapo strategy was to take out the Mexican police commanders who protected The Viceroy in Juárez, according to Esparza.
U.S. Visas Helped Fuel the Juárez Drug Wars|Jason McGahan|July 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Each day he was sending serenely confident telegrams to Calcutta and receiving equally reassuring ones from a fatuous Viceroy.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
The Viceroy sent orders to the military at Pasco to attend to my call, and told me he would send whatever troops I wished with me.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2)|Francis Trevithick
When the war with Austria was imminent Napoleon sent him to Italy to command the cavalry of the viceroy's army.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison

It was absurd to imagine that such a prince would be a mere viceroy of France.
The History of England from the Accession of James II.|Thomas Babington Macaulay
The viceroy of a great province, he causes the laws to be observed and morality to flourish; disgraced and poor, he teaches them.
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 1 (of 10)|Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)

British Dictionary definitions for viceroy

viceroy

/ (ˈvaɪsrɔɪ) /

noun

a governor of a colony, country, or province who acts for and rules in the name of his sovereign or governmentRelated adjective: viceregal

Derived forms of viceroy

viceroyship, noun

Word Origin for viceroy

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

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

viceroy

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