NOUN | person | viceroy, vicereine | governor of a country or province who rules as the representative of his or her king or sovereign |
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animal | viceroy, Limenitis archippus | showy American butterfly resembling the monarch but smaller |
Sounds | vay'sroy | |
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Rhymes | Delacroix ... troy / Troy: 6 rhymes with roy... |
Meaning | governor of a country or province who rules as the representative of his or her king or sovereign. | |
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Synonym | vicereine | |
Narrower | Khedive | One of the Turkish viceroys who ruled Egypt between 1867 and 1914 |
exarch | A viceroy who governed a large province in the Roman Empire | |
Broader | governor | The head of a state government |
Spanish | virrey | |
Catalan | virrei | |
Adjectives | viceregal | of or relating to a viceroy |
Nouns | viceroyship | the position of viceroy |
Meaning | showy American butterfly resembling the monarch but smaller. | |
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Synonym | Limenitis archippus | |
Member of | Limenitis, genus Limenitis | mainly dark northern butterflies with white wing bars |
Broader | nymphalid, nymphalid butterfly, brush-footed butterfly, four-footed butterfly | Medium to large butterflies found worldwide / worldwide typically having brightly colored wings and much-reduced nonfunctional forelegs carried folded on the breast |
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