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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.
Origin:
1515–25; < Middle French, equivalent to vice- vice- + roy king < Latin rēgem, accusative of rēx
1515–25; < Middle French, equivalent to vice- vice- + roy king < Latin rēgem, accusative of rēx
Related forms
vice·roy·ship, noun
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Viceroy
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- And tasty viceroy butterflies are safe from birds because they resemble monarchs, which are unpalatable.
- If so, perhaps you encountered the viceroy butterfly, whose wing pattern matches the monarch's.
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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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