viceroy

See also: vice-roy

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Etymology

From Middle French vice-roy, from vice- + roy (“king”).

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  • IPA(key): /ˈvaɪsˌɹɔɪ/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Noun

viceroy (plural viceroys)

  1. 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[1], Script City, page 2:
      The Viceroy's on board - tends to liven things up.
    • 2025 July 20, John Bowden, “Why two justices could hand Republicans their own ‘Ginsburg moment’ next year”, in The Independent:
      Mike Davis, a former Senate GOP staffer on Supreme Court nominations and current “viceroy” of Trumpworld, wrote that Alito was “gleefully packing up his chambers” after the 2024 election.
  2. A zongdu.
  3. 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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