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viceroy

vice·roy [ vss ròy ] (plural vice·roys)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. governor representing sovereign in colony: a governor who represents a sovereign in a province, colony, or country

2. orange-and-black butterfly: a brightly colored orange-and-black butterfly of North America that resembles the monarch butterfly. Latin name Limenitis archippus.

[Early 16th century. < French, "vice-king"]

vice·roy·ship noun
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