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vicegerent |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Vicegerent \Vice*ge"rent\, a. [Vice, a. + gerent: cf F. viceg['e]rant.] Having or exercising delegated power; acting by substitution, or in the place of another. --Milton. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Vicegerent \Vice*ge"rent\, a. [Vice, a. + gerent: cf F. viceg['e]rant.] Having or exercising delegated power; acting by substitution, or in the place of another. --Milton. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Vicegerent \Vice*ge"rent\, n. An officer who is deputed by a superior, or by proper authority, to exercise the powers of another; a lieutenant; a vicar. --Bacon. The symbol and vicegerent of the Deity. --C. A. Young. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: vicegerent n : someone appointed by a ruler as an administrative deputy
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