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# viceroy

noun (a viceroy, viceroys)

«viceroy» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A viceroy is a person sent by a king or queen to rule a country or colony in their name. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/viceroy/#m1)
2. The viceroy is also the name of an orange North American butterfly that looks like the monarch. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/viceroy/#m2)

### In the lessons

Used in history lessons about empires: the Viceroy of India under British rule, Spanish viceroys in Mexico and Peru. It tells the reader that the real ruler was far away.

### Examples

- The Viceroy of India lived in a huge palace in Delhi. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/viceroy/#x1)
- The king sent a viceroy to govern the colony. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/viceroy/#x2)
- Spanish viceroys ruled Mexico for nearly three hundred years. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/viceroy/#x3)
- Lord Mountbatten was the last Viceroy of India in 1947. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/viceroy/#x4)
- The people had to obey the viceroy's orders. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/viceroy/#x5)
- A viceroy butterfly looks a lot like a monarch butterfly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/viceroy/#x6)
- “And for that reason,” said the native officer, twirling his mustache, “your Amir whom you do not obey must come here and take orders from our Viceroy.” [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/viceroy/#x7)

### Note

Pronounced VICE-roy. «Vice» here means «in place of», as in «vice-captain»; «roy» comes from French «roi», king. Not to be confused with «vice» meaning a bad habit.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «viceroy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/viceroy/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«viceroy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/viceroy.html) on Mova free.