Complete Definition of "viceroy"

English

Etymology
Latin (via French) vice: "in place of" and French roy/roi: "king".

Pronunciation
RP: IPA|/�vaɪsr�ɪ/

Noun
viceroy

  1. The governor of a country, province, or colony, ruling as the representative of a sovereign.
  2. An orange and black North American butterfly (Limenitis archippus), named because it is similar, but smaller than a monarch.

Translations
trans-top|the governor of a country etc.
Finnish: varakuningas
Hungarian: alkirály
trans-mid
Novial: viserego
Russian: ви�е-ко�ол� (vice-koról') m
trans-bottom

trans-top|a butterfly
trans-mid
trans-bottom

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