| vicegerent |
| 1. n. The official administrative deputy of a ruler, head of state, or church official. | |
| 2. adj. Having or exercising delegated power; acting by substitution, or in the place of another. | |
| 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. | |
