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Definition of viceroy
1 : the governor of a country or province who rules as the representative of a king or sovereign
2 or viceroy butterfly : a showy North American nymphalid butterfly (Limenitis archippus) closely mimicking the monarch in coloration but smaller
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In these special hideaways, guests can live like royals (if only for a night or two) and explore secret passageways, relax in private gardens, or stare out at vistas once reserved for the pope, the viceroy of Egypt, or Louis XV.
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The following year, Louis Mountbatten was made the last British viceroy of India to administer India’s independence.
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She was born without a formal title, the elder daughter of Lord Louis Mountbatten, Britain’s onetime First Sea Lord and its last imperial viceroy in India, and a prominent heiress of the day, Edwina Ashley.
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Viceroy will also be hitting the festival circuit this year with stops at Electric Forest this month and Life is Beautiful in September.
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Hugh Bonneville plays Lord Louis Mountbatten, the last viceroy of India, who oversaw British India’s transition into two independent states, a task made more complicated by violent clashes between India’s Hindu and Muslim populations.
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The heads of its regional combatant commands serve as viceroys — often better connected to foreign governments than ambassadors.
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Her father was famed interior designer David Hicks, and her mother is Lady Pamela Hicks, whose father was the last viceroy of India (hence India's name.)
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The butterfly—as well as another species, the viceroy—acquire the scent from feeding on wintergreen flowers, says Katy Prudic, an entomologist at the University of Arizona.
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Origin and Etymology of viceroy
Middle French vice-roi, from vice- + roi king, from Old French rei, roi, from Latin reg-, rex
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VICEROY Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of viceroy for English Language Learners
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: a person sent by a king or queen to rule a colony in the past
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