Meaning & use
viceroy
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A person appointed to rule a colony or province as the representative of a monarch or sovereign government.
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The British viceroy governed India on behalf of the crown.
Statues of former viceroys still stand in some former colonial capitals.
A note on using this word
Historically significant in colonial administration, most notably in British India; also the name of a butterfly species that mimics the monarch.
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governor
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2. noun
A North American butterfly known for mimicking the appearance of the monarch butterfly.
At first glance, the viceroy looked just like a monarch butterfly.
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