viceroys
- plural of viceroy.
Example Sentences
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For decades, the Delhi Gymkhana Club was among the world’s most elite clubs, counting British viceroys and Indian royalty among its members.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 10, 2026
The kings of Assyria were considered viceroys of the gods, especially the chief deity Asshur.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
It was the homestretch for colonial rule: India would be independent, and the viceroys no more, within the year.
From New York Times • Jan. 30, 2023
After India won independence in August 1947, there was no clamour to remove the statues of monarchs and viceroys from the boulevards and roundabouts of the capital.
From BBC • Jun. 25, 2020
She had been born and raised in a city six hundred miles away, a gloomy city where on ghostly nights the coaches of the viceroys still rattled through the cobbled streets.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
