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Webster 1913 Edition
Viceroy
Vice′roy
,Noun.
[F.
vice-roi
; pref. vice-
in the place of (L. vice
) + roi
a king, L. rex
. See Vice
, p
and Royal.] rep.
1.
The governor of a country or province who rules in the name of the sovereign with regal authority, as the king’s substitute;
as, the
. viceroy
of India2.
(Zool.)
A large and handsome American butterfly (
Basilarchia archippus
syn. Limenitis archippus
). Its wings are orange-red, with black lines along the nervures and a row of white spots along the outer margins. The larvae feed on willow, poplar, and apple trees. Webster 1828 Edition
Viceroy
VI'CEROY
,Noun.