viceroy

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun governor of a country or province who rules as the representative of his or her king or sovereign
noun showy American butterfly resembling the monarch but smaller

From Middle French vice-roy, from vice- + roy (“king”). Compare viscount.

Wonder was sitting just behind the Viceroy. — The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition, Rudyard Kipling
I’ll treat with the Viceroy on equal terms. — The Phantom 'Rickshaw, and Other Ghost Stories, Rudyard Kipling
And the viceroy was there with his lady. — Ulysses, James Joyce

vicereine

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