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Type Words
Synonyms vicereine
Type of governor
Has types khedive, exarch
Derivation viceregal, viceroyship
Type Words
Synonyms limenitis archippus
Type of nymphalid butterfly, four-footed butterfly, nymphalid, brush-footed butterfly

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The first viceroy of the new domain arrived in Mexico City fourteen years later.
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After four months he is murdered by viceroy Narseh with support of the nobility.
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Mr Karzai felt this smacked too much of the return of a British colonial viceroy.
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The sheer dictatorial nerve of Italy's new viceroy, Mario Monti, is impressive.
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Ricci stayed in Zhaoqing from 1583 to 1589, when he was expelled by a new viceroy.
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He did not wish to be someone else's viceroy, especially not of the Habsburg king.
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Regardless about what you hear about the viceroy and people being rich, et cetera.
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Reporters were more interested in interviewing him than they were the viceroy.
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The viceroy retreated hastily to the hills when defeated by a small British force.
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  • Governor of a country or province who rules as the representative of his or her king or sovereign
  • Showy American butterfly resembling the monarch but smaller
  • A Viceroy is a royal official who runs a country, colony, or province (or state) in the name of and as representative of the Monarch. The term derives from the Latin prefix vice-, meaning "in the place of" and the French word roi, meaning king. ...
  • The Viceroy Butterfly (Limenitis archippus) is a North American butterfly with a range from the Northwest Territories along the eastern edges of the Cascade Range and Sierra Nevada mountains, southwards into central Mexico.
  • Viceroy cigarettes are made by Brown & Williamson, which was owned by British American Tobacco, and, since 2004, by Reynolds American Inc., a joint venture between the U.S. branch of British American Tobacco and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company.
  • X-Treme X-Men was a comic book published by Marvel Comics from 2001 through 2004. All 46 issues of the series were written by Chris Claremont. The first 24 issues were drawn by Salvador Larroca, and the final 22 issues were drawn by Igor Kordey.
  • (English) The head of the largest administrative district (a viceroyalty) established by the Spanish crown in her colonies, second in power only to the king.
  • Governor of colonised country enjoying near-kingly (absolute) powers.