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vice roy

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vice⋅roy

  [vahys-roi]
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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.
Origin:
1515–25; < MF, equiv. to vice- vice- + roy king < L rēgem, acc. of rēx

Related forms:
vice⋅roy⋅ship, noun
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Viceroy Homes Laurentians
builder of Viceroy homes Mont-Tremblant, Quebec, Canada
www.maisonsroco.ca
Cedarland Homes
Viceroy Homes Dealer and Builder for 30 years in Parry Sound Area
www.CedarlandHomes.ca
vice·roy   (vīs'roi')   
n.  

  1. A man who is 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), resembling but somewhat smaller than the monarch.


[French : vice-, vice; see vicereine + roi, king (from Latin rēx, rēg-; see reg- in Indo-European roots).]
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Word Origin & History

viceroy 
person ruling as representative of a sovereign, 1524, from M.Fr. vice-roy, from O.Fr. vice- "deputy" (see vice-) + roi "king," from L. regem (nom. rex); see rex. The species of American butterfly so called from 1881.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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viceroy

one who rules a country or province as the representative of his sovereign or king and who is empowered to act in the sovereign's name. Viceroy (virrey) was the title given to the principal governors of Spain's American colonies, as well as to the governors of the "kingdoms" (reinos) of peninsular Spain proper (e.g., Aragon, Valencia)

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