viceroy

noun

vice·roy ˈvīs-ˌrȯi

: the governor of a country or province who rules as the representative of a king or sovereign

or viceroy butterfly : a showy North American nymphalid butterfly (Limenitis archippus) closely mimicking the monarch in coloration but smaller

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Lahore was once known as the city of gardens, a jewel fought over by empires—the Mughals, but also the raiding Mongols, the Sikhs, and the viceroys of the British Raj. —

Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2024 As the son of a major Presbyterian landowner, Castlereagh was born into the Protestant Ascendancy, which governed the island, in tandem with a British viceroy, through a parliament based in Dublin. —

Brendan Simms, Foreign Affairs, 1 Mar. 2013 Edward Nelson turned his rich baritone to entertainingly overplaying the viceroy turned mayor Don Andrès, pushing his arrogance to a point that once or twice successfully inspired a whit of pity. —

Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2024 The choice of Offenbach’s loony comedy about a pair of starving Peruvian artists and their manipulation by a powerful philandering viceroy was the recommendation of mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard — who sings the title role with disarming comedic chops to rival her formidable pipes. —

Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for viceroy