viceroy
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See also: vice-roy
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Etymology
From Middle French vice-roy, from vice- + roy (“king”).
Pronunciation
Noun
viceroy (plural viceroys)
- One who governs a country, province, or colony as the representative of a monarch.
- Synonyms: vicar, provost
- Ireland was governed by a Viceroy representing the English King/Queen when it was part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
- 1980, David Lean, A Screenplay of E.M. Forster's A Passage to India, Script City, page 2:
- The Viceroy's on board - tends to liven things up.
- A zongdu.
- An orange and black North American butterfly (Limenitis archippus), so named because it is similar to, but smaller than, the monarch butterfly.
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governor of a country
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zongdu — see zongdu