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viceroy
1. n. One who governs a country, province, or colony as the representative of a monarch.
When Ireland was an English/British colony and when it was part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the island was governed by a Viceroy representing the English King/Queen.
2. n. A zongdu.
3. n. An orange and black North American butterfly , so named because it is similar to, but smaller than, the monarch butterfly.

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But it does not follow that they want to be ruled by an American viceroy.

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