vicereine

vice·reine  (vsrn)

n.

1. The wife of a viceroy.

2. A woman who is the governor of a country, province, or colony, ruling as the representative of a sovereign.

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[French : vice-, vice (from Old French; see vice³) + reine, queen (from Latin rgna, feminine of rx, rg-, king; see reg- in Indo-European roots).]

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vicereine [ˌvaɪsˈreɪn]

n

1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the wife of a viceroy

2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a female viceroy

[from French, from vice³ + reine queen, from Latin rēgīna]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	vicereine - wife of a viceroy married woman, wife - a married woman; a man's partner in marriage
	2.	vicereine - governor of a country or province who rules as the representative of his or her king or sovereign viceroy 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