| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| vicereine |
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| SYLLABICATION: | vice·reine |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  v s r n |
| NOUN: | 1. The wife of a viceroy. 2. A woman who is the governor of a country, province, or colony, ruling as the representative of a sovereign. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French : vice-, vice (from Old French; see vice3) + reine, queen (from Latin r gna, feminine of rx, rg-, king; see reg- in Appendix I).
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