viceroy

1. 1.

   governor of a country or province who rules as the representative of his or her king or sovereign

   Synonymsvicereine

   Broadergovernor

   NarrowerexarchKhedive
2. 2.

   showy American butterfly resembling the monarch but smaller

   SynonymsLimenitis archippus

   Broadernymphalid

   Part ofLimenitis

Other forms of viceroy

plural

viceroys·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about viceroy

What does viceroy mean?

viceroy means "governor of a country or province who rules as the representative of his or her king or sovereign". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in viceroy?

viceroy has 2 syllables: vice-roy. The stress falls on "vice". In IPA it is /ˈvaɪsɹɔɪ/.

What is another word for viceroy?

Close synonyms include vicereine, Limenitis archippus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is viceroy a common word?

viceroy is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.