Viceroy
noun
1.
a person appointed to rule a country or province as the deputy of the sovereign:
the viceroy of India.
2.
a brightly marked American butterfly, Limenitis archippus, closely mimicking the monarch butterfly in coloration.
noun
1.
a governor of a colony, country, or province who acts for and rules in the name of his sovereign or government related adjective viceregal
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