VICEROY
\vˈa͡ɪsɹɔ͡ɪ], \vˈaɪsɹɔɪ], \v_ˈaɪ_s_ɹ_ɔɪ]\
Definitions of VICEROY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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A ruler of a colony or province, acting with royal authority in the place of the king; as, the viceroy of India.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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One representing the royal authority in a dependency, as in British India: one acting instead of the monarch, as the present Viceroy of China, Li Hung Chang.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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Theodore Tilton
- American journalist, verse-writer, editor, lecturer; born in New York city, Oct. 2, 1835. was long known as editor on the Independent(1856-72). established Golden Age(newspaper), but retired from it after two years. 1883 went abroad, where remained. Besides numerous essays fugitive pieces, he has published: "The Sexton's Tale, and Other Poems"(1867); "Sanctum Sanctorum; or, An Editor's Proof Sheets"(1869); "Tempest-Tossed", a romance(1873); "Thou I"(1880); "Suabian Stories",(1882). Died 1907.