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vicegerent

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vice⋅ge⋅rent

  [vahys-jeer-uhnt]
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–noun
1. an officer appointed as deputy by and to a sovereign or supreme chief.
2. a deputy in general.
–adjective
3. exercising delegated powers.
4. characterized by delegation of powers.
Origin:
1530–40; < NL vicegerent- (s. of vicegerēns managing instead of), equiv. to L vice (see vice 3 ) + gerent- (s. of gerēns, prp. of gerere to carry on, conduct); see -ent
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vice·ge·rent   (vīs-jîr'ənt)   
n.  A person appointed by a ruler or head of state to act as an administrative deputy.

[Medieval Latin vicegerēns, vicegerent- : Latin vice, ablative of *vix, change; see vice3 + Latin gerēns, governing; see gerent.]
vice·ge'ral (-jîr'əl) adj.
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