Gouverneur d'un État qui a ou qui a eu le titre de royaume ou qui dépend d'un royaume. Lord Mountbatten fut vice-roi des Indes.
ETYM French vice-roi; pref. vice- in the place of (Latin vice) + roi a king, Latin rex. Related to Vice, and Royal.
1. Governor of a country or province who rules as the representative of his or her king or sovereign; SYN. vicereine.
2. Showy American butterfly resembling the monarch but smaller; SYN. Limenitis archippus.
3. Ruler having king's authority.
4. Chief official representing a sovereign in a colony, dominion, or province, as in many Spanish and Portuguese American colonies and as in the British administration of India.
Limenitis archippus · vicereine