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viceroy

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: viceroy

1
 n
governor of a country or province who rules as the representative of his or her king or sovereign
2
 n
showy American butterfly resembling the monarch but smaller
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: viceroy
1

n governor of a country or province who rules as the representative of his or her king or sovereign

Synonyms:
vicereine
Types:
exarch
a viceroy who governed a large province in the Roman Empire
Khedive
one of the Turkish viceroys who ruled Egypt between 1867 and 1914
Type of:
governor
the head of a state government
2

n showy American butterfly resembling the monarch but smaller

Synonyms:
Limenitis archippus
Type of:
brush-footed butterfly, four-footed butterfly, nymphalid, nymphalid butterfly
medium to large butterflies found worldwide typically having brightly colored wings and much-reduced nonfunctional forelegs carried folded on the breast
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