viceroy
noun
a person appointed to rule a country or province as the deputy of the sovereign.
viceroys
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pluralof viceroy.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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
"Governor Generals, viceroys and people in high society would dine there," Mr Neogi explains.
From BBC ● Nov. 25, 2023
Palma is lighthearted, ironic, amusing and anticlerical by nature, and in his writing he makes fun of the sumptuous interiorities of viceroys and courtesans.
From New York Times ● Nov. 1, 2023
In the New World, royal authority was enforced by two viceroys, royal officials who ruled over the northern and southern parts of the territory.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 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
