viceroy
viceroy Lexical Profile
viceroy Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A ruler exercising authority in a colony, province, or country on behalf of and as the representative of a sovereign.
"The British monarch appointed a new viceroy to oversee the administration of colonial India."
North American A North American nymphalid butterfly (Limenitis archippus) with orange and black wings that closely mimic the coloration of the monarch butterfly, distinguished by a black postmedian line across the hindwing.
"At first glance, the orange butterfly perched on the willow leaf looked like a monarch, but the dark line across its lower wing identified it as a viceroy."
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the early 16th century from Middle French viceroy, formed from the prefix vice- ('in place of', from Latin vice) and roy ('king', from Old French rei, Latin rex).