How to pronounce viceroy
American English pronunciation
VYSE-roy
- IPA
- /ˈvaɪsˌɹɔɪ/
- Syllables
- VYSE · roy (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What viceroy means
A person who governs a land for a king or queen
In a sentence: The viceroy lived in a grand palace far from the king's own city.
Where it comes from: It comes from French, from vice-, meaning "in place of," and roy, meaning "king."
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Another meaning
An orange butterfly that looks like a monarch
In a sentence: The viceroy rested on a willow leaf, its orange wings edged in black.
Where it comes from: It joins vice-, meaning in place of, with roy, an old French word for king. The butterfly got the name because it looks like a smaller monarch.
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