viceroy
viceroy — noun
- viceroysingular
- viceroysplural
1. A person appointed by a monarch to rule a colony or distant territory as the mon
A person appointed by a monarch to rule a colony or distant territory as the monarch's official representative, holding authority over local government, trade, and military matters.
The viceroy of India met local princes and officials at his Delhi palace each week.
collocation: viceroy of [country/region]
The Portuguese viceroy of Brazil sailed from Lisbon to govern the colony from Salvador.
The Spanish viceroy of Peru governed a vast region stretching from Panama to southern Argentina.
Viceroys set trade and tax policies but could not declare war without the king's consent.
The viceroy's residence in Mexico City used local stone and was decorated with European paintings.
- governor
A more general term for a regional leader; 'viceroy' is specifically a monarch's personal representative in a colony.
- regent
A regent governs when the monarch is absent or too young, but usually within the home country rather than in a colony.
- proconsul
An ancient Roman term for a provincial governor; now used figuratively for someone with delegated authority.
文法句型
viceroy + of + territory
用法筆記
This sense is almost always used in historical contexts relating to European colonial empires, especially in the Americas and Asia between the 16th and 20th centuries.
常見錯誤
2. A North American butterfly with orange and black wing markings that closely rese
A North American butterfly with orange and black wing markings that closely resembles the monarch butterfly but is slightly smaller, with a distinctive black stripe running across its hind wings.
The black stripe on a viceroy's hind wing sets it apart from a monarch.
distinctive feature: black stripe on hind wings
A viceroy butterfly rested on a sunflower by the creek while my cousin Emma watched.
Biology students learned to tell a viceroy from a monarch by its hind-wing pattern.
Unlike monarch caterpillars, viceroy caterpillars eat only willow and poplar leaves instead of milkweed.
Birds avoid the viceroy butterfly because its orange wings look like the poisonous monarch's.
文法句型
the viceroy butterfly
a viceroy
用法筆記
The viceroy butterfly is frequently confused with the monarch. The easiest way to tell them apart is the black horizontal line across the viceroy's hind wings, which the monarch lacks.