2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  2.  (Zo["o]l.)  A  large  and  handsome  American  butterfly 
  ({Basilarchia,  or  Limenitis,  archippus}).  Its  wings  are 
  orange-red,  with  black  lines  along  the  nervures  and  a  row 
  of  white  spots  along  the  outer  margins.  The  larv[ae]  feed 
  on  willow,  poplar,  and  apple  trees. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  viceroy 
  n  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}] 

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