[syn: viceroy, Limenitis archippus]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Viceroy \Vice"roy\, n. [F. vice-roi; pref. vice- in the place of
(L. vice) + roi a king, L. rex. See Vice, prep. and Royal.]
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.
[1913 Webster]
2. (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.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
viceroy
n 1: governor of a country or province who rules as the
representative of his or her king or sovereign [syn:
viceroy, vicereine]
2: showy American butterfly resembling the monarch but smaller
[syn: viceroy, Limenitis archippus]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
38 Moby Thesaurus words for "viceroy":
beg, beglerbeg, bey, burgrave, collector, dey, eparch, exarch,
gauleiter, governor, governor-general, khedive,
lieutenant governor, nabob, nawab, palatine, proconsul, provincial,
satrap, stadtholder, subahdar, tetrarch, vali, vice-chairman,
vice-chancellor, vice-consul, vice-director, vice-governor,
vice-king, vice-legate, vice-master, vice-premier, vice-president,
vice-queen, vice-regent, vice-warden, vicegerent, wali