Hypertext Webster Gateway: "viceroy"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Viceroy \Vice"roy\, n. [F. vice-roi; pref. vice- in the place of
(L. vice) + roi a king, L. rex. See {Vice}, prep. and Royal.]
1. The governor of a country or province who rules in the
name of the sovereign with regal authority, as the king's
substitute; as, the viceroy of India.

2. (Zo["o]l.) A large and handsome American butterfly
({Basilarchia, or Limenitis, archippus}). Its wings are
orange-red, with black lines along the nervures and a row
of white spots along the outer margins. The larv[ae] feed
on willow, poplar, and apple trees.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

viceroy
n 1: governor of a country or province who rules as the
representative of his or her king or sovereign [syn: {vicereine}]
2: showy American butterfly resembling the monarch but smaller
[syn: {Limenitis archippus}]


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