viceroy
noun/ˈvaɪsrɔɪ/
/ˈvaɪsrɔɪ/
- (often used as a title) (in the past) a person who was sent by a king or queen to govern a colonyWord Originearly 16th cent.: from archaic French, from vice- ‘in place of’ + roi ‘king’.
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