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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024vice•roy /ˈvaɪsrɔɪ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Governmenta person appointed to rule a country or province as the deputy of the king or queen.
See -reg-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024vice•roy (vīs′roi),USA pronunciation n. - Governmenta person appointed to rule a country or province as the deputy of the sovereign:the viceroy of India.
- Insectsa brightly marked American butterfly, Limenitis archippus, closely mimicking the monarch butterfly in coloration.
- Latin rēgem, accusative of rēx
- Middle French, equivalent. to vice- vice- + roy king
- 1515–25
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