viceroy Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun governor of a country or province who rules as the representative of his or her king or sovereign
    vicereine.
  2. noun showy American butterfly resembling the monarch but smaller
    Limenitis archippus.

WordNet

Vice"roy noun
Etymology
F. vice-roi; pref. vice- in the place of (L. vice) + roi a king, L. rex. See Vice, prep. and Royal.
Definitions
  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 India.
  2. (Zoöl.) A large and handsome American butterfly (Basilarchia, ∨ Limenitis, archippus). Its wings are orange-red, with black lines along the nervures and a row of white spots along the outer margins. The larvæ feed on willow, poplar, and apple trees.

Webster 1913