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viceroyship

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vice⋅roy

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

Related forms:
vice⋅roy⋅ship, noun
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vice·roy·ship   (vīs'roi-shĭp')   
n.  Viceroyalty.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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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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