vicereine

/ˌvaɪsˈreɪn/
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Definitions of vicereine
  1. noun
    wife of a viceroy
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    type of:
    married woman, wife
    a married woman; a partner in marriage
  2. noun
    governor of a country or province who rules as the representative of his or her king or sovereign
    synonyms: viceroy
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    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
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