vicereinen.
/vʌɪsˈreɪn/, /ˈvʌɪsreɪn/, U.S. /ˈvaɪsˌreɪn/ The wife of a viceroy; also (less usually), = vice-queen n. a. Common from c1885.
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1823 A. H. Judson Acct. Amer. Baptist Mission Burman Empire Contents Letter v. Visit of the Vice-reine. [Cf. p. 63 Her highness, the viceroy's wife, visited us.]
1833 Lady Bedingfeld in Jerningham Lett. (1896) II. 391 Residing 3 years at Brussels..at the time that it belonged to Austria and had..the Arch D. Mary Christine for Vice-Reine.
1882 Times 27 July 5/1 Those..who have expressed to her Highness the Vicereine and [the Khedive] himself their sympathy.
1896 Pall Mall Mag. Jan. 105 The Viceroy and the Vicereine stand before Tippoo's throne, supported..by the leading officials.
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