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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin prorex.
Noun
prorex
- (obsolete) viceroy
c. 1587–1588, , Tamburlaine the Great. The First Part , 2nd edition, part 1, London: Richard Iones, , published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene i:Nay, pray you let him ſtay a greater
Fits Menaphon, than warring with a Thiefe:
Create him Prorex of Affrica,
That he may win the Babilonians hearts,
Which will reuolt from Perſean gouernment,
Unleſſe they haue a wiſer King than you.
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