Hypertext Webster Gateway: "vicegerent"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Vicegerent \Vice*ge"rent\, a. [Vice, a. + gerent: cf. F.
viceg['e]rant.]
Having or exercising delegated power; acting by substitution,
or in the place of another. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Vicegerent \Vice*ge"rent\, a. [Vice, a. + gerent: cf. F.
viceg['e]rant.]
Having or exercising delegated power; acting by substitution,
or in the place of another. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Vicegerent \Vice*ge"rent\, n.
An officer who is deputed by a superior, or by proper
authority, to exercise the powers of another; a lieutenant; a
vicar. --Bacon.
The symbol and vicegerent of the Deity. --C. A. Young.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
vicegerent
n : someone appointed by a ruler as an administrative deputy
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