vice·roy (v s roi )n. 1. A man who is the governor of a country, province, or colony, ruling as the representative of a sovereign. 2. An orange and black North American butterfly (Limenitis archippus), resembling but somewhat smaller than the monarch. [French : vice-, vice; see vicereine + roi, king (from Latin r  x, rg-; see reg- in Indo-European roots).] |
viceroy [ˈvaɪsrɔɪ]
n
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a governor of a colony, country, or province who acts for and rules in the name of his sovereign or government Related adj viceregal
[from French, from vice3 + roy king, from Latin rex]
viceroyship n
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| Noun | 1. | viceroy - governor of a country or province who rules as the representative of his or her king or sovereign exarch - a viceroy who governed a large province in the Roman Empire governor - the head of a state government Khedive - one of the Turkish viceroys who ruled Egypt between 1867 and 1914 |
| 2. |  viceroy - showy American butterfly resembling the monarch but smallerbrush-footed butterfly, four-footed butterfly, nymphalid, nymphalid butterfly - medium to large butterflies found worldwide typically having brightly colored wings and much-reduced nonfunctional forelegs carried folded on the breast genus Limenitis, Limenitis - mainly dark northern butterflies with white wing bars |
viceroy noun
Related words
adjective viceregal
adjective viceregal
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