vice·reine (v s r n )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. [French : vice-, vice (from Old French; see vice3) + reine, queen (from Latin r  gna, feminine of rx, rg-, king; see reg- in Indo-European roots).] |
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]
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| 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 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 |
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