viceroy
/ˈvaɪsˌrɔɪ/
noun
- A person who rules a country or province as the representative of a monarch.
- In colonial times, a viceroy had almost the same power as the king himself.
- The viceroy's palace was a grand building in the capital city.
- The viceroy of India governed on behalf of the British monarch.
- A North American butterfly (Limenitis archippus) that resembles the monarch butterfly.
- A viceroy butterfly landed on the flower, its orange wings bright in the sun.
- We spotted a viceroy in the garden, easily mistaken for a monarch at first glance.
- The viceroy mimics the monarch to avoid being eaten by birds.
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