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viceroy

[ vahys-roi ]

noun

  1. a person appointed to rule a country or province as the deputy of the sovereign:

    the viceroy of India.

  2. a brightly marked American butterfly, Limenitis archippus, closely mimicking the monarch butterfly in coloration.


viceroy

/ ˈ±¹²¹Éª²õ°ùɔɪ /

noun

  1. a governor of a colony, country, or province who acts for and rules in the name of his sovereign or government viceregal
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ±¹¾±³¦±ð°ù´Ç²âËŒ²õ³ó¾±±è, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ±¹¾±³¦±ð۴Dzâ·²õ³ó¾±±è noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of viceroy1

1515–25; < Middle French, equivalent to vice- vice- + roy king < Latin °ùŧ²µ±ð³¾, accusative of °ùŧ³æ
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of viceroy1

C16: from French, from vice ³ + roy king, from Latin rex
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Relief efforts started to be put into place by the end of 1943 with the arrival of a new viceroy, Field Marshall Lord Wavell.

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"Governor Generals, viceroys and people in high society would dine there," Mr Neogi explains.

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Dufferin was the British viceroy, and Dayal, who had worked as a surveyor for the colonial government before leaving to pursue his passion as a freelancer, was his official photographer.

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It was the homestretch for colonial rule: India would be independent, and the viceroys no more, within the year.

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“Her father had been a page to the Marquis de Fuentes, viceroy of Naples. Her mother came from a patrician family of some standing.â€

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