viceroy

[ vahys-roi ]
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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.

Origin of viceroy

1
1515–25; <Middle French, equivalent to vice-vice- + roy king <Latin rēgem, accusative of rēx

Other words from viceroy

  • vice·roy·ship, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for viceroy

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: Related adjective: viceregal

Origin of viceroy

1
C16: from French, from vice ³ + roy king, from Latin rex

Derived forms of viceroy

  • viceroyship, noun

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