vice|roy

vice|roy
vice|roy «VYS roy», noun.
1. a person ruling a country, colony, or province as the deputy of the sovereign.
2. an American butterfly, whose coloration and markings closely resemble those of the monarch butterfly, and whose larvae feed on willow, poplar, and other trees.
╂[< French vice-roi < vice vice3 + roi king < Latin rēx, rēgis]

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