Viceroy

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Viceroy \Vice"roy\, n. [F. vice-roi; pref. vice- in the place of
     (L. vice) + roi a king, L. rex. See {Vice}, prep. and Royal.]
     1. The governor of a country or province who rules in the
        name of the sovereign with regal authority, as the king's
        substitute; as, the viceroy of India.
        [1913 Webster]


  
     2. (Zool.) A large and handsome American butterfly
        ({Basilarchia archippus} syn. {Limenitis archippus}). Its
        wings are orange-red, with black lines along the nervures
        and a row of white spots along the outer margins. The
        larvae feed on willow, poplar, and apple trees.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  viceroy
       n 1: governor of a country or province who rules as the
            representative of his or her king or sovereign [syn: {vicereine}]
       2: showy American butterfly resembling the monarch but smaller
          [syn: {Limenitis archippus}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  38 Moby Thesaurus words for "viceroy":
     beg, beglerbeg, bey, burgrave, collector, dey, eparch, exarch,
     gauleiter, governor, governor-general, khedive,
     lieutenant governor, nabob, nawab, palatine, proconsul, provincial,
     satrap, stadtholder, subahdar, tetrarch, vali, vice-chairman,
     vice-chancellor, vice-consul, vice-director, vice-governor,
     vice-king, vice-legate, vice-master, vice-premier, vice-president,
     vice-queen, vice-regent, vice-warden, vicegerent, wali