viceroy
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.
Origin of viceroy
1Other words from viceroy
- vice·roy·ship, noun
Words Nearby viceroy
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How to use viceroy in a sentence
The extra efficiency that comes from the ground effect will enable the viceroy to go fully electric while still being able to carry 12 passengers roughly 180 miles at speeds of up to 180mph.
Electric Seagliders Could Enable Short-Haul Emissions-Free Air Travel This Decade | Edd Gent | July 18, 2022 | Singularity HubThe El Chapo strategy was to take out the Mexican police commanders who protected The viceroy in Juárez, according to Esparza.
Each day he was sending serenely confident telegrams to Calcutta and receiving equally reassuring ones from a fatuous viceroy.
The Red Year | Louis TracyThe 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 TrevithickWhen 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 MacaulayThe 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
/ (ˈvaɪsrɔɪ) /
a governor of a colony, country, or province who acts for and rules in the name of his sovereign or government: Related adjective: viceregal
Origin of viceroy
1Derived forms of viceroy
- viceroyship, noun
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