| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| viceroy |
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| SYLLABICATION: | vice·roy |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  v s roi |
| NOUN: | 1. A man who is the governor of a country, province, or colony, ruling as the representative of a sovereign. 2. An orange and black North American butterfly (Limenitis archippus), resembling but somewhat smaller than the monarch. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French : vice-, vice; see vicereine + roi, king (from Latin r x, rg-; see reg- in Appendix I).
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