viceroy
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viceroy
- /ˈvaɪsˌɹɔɪ/
Where it comes from
From Middle French vice-roy, from vice- + roy (“king”). Compare viscount.
noun viceroys · vice-roi
- One who governs a country, province, or colony as the representative of a monarch. Ireland was governed by a Viceroy representing the English King/Queen when it was part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
- A zongdu.
- An orange and black North American butterfly (Limenitis archippus), so named because it is similar to, but smaller than, the monarch butterfly.
