Vice-Royとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• vice-roi

語源

From Middle French vice-roy, from vice- + roy (“king”). Compare viscount.

発音

• IPA: /ˈvaɪsˌɹɔɪ/

名詞

viceroy (plural viceroys)

1. One who governs a country, province, or colony as the representative of a monarch.

   Synonyms: vicar, provost

   Ireland was governed by a Viceroy representing the English King/Queen when it was part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

   • 1980, David Lean, A Screenplay of E.M. Forster's A Passage to India‎, Script City, page 2:

     The Viceroy's on board - tends to liven things up.

   • 2025 July 20, John Bowden, “Why two justices could hand Republicans their own ‘Ginsburg moment’ next year”, in The Independent:

     Mike Davis, a former Senate GOP staffer on Supreme Court nominations and current “viceroy” of Trumpworld, wrote that Alito was “gleefully packing up his chambers” after the 2024 election.

2. A zongdu.
3. An orange and black North American butterfly (Limenitis archippus), so named because it is similar to, but smaller than, the monarch butterfly.

等位語

• vicereine

関連する語

• roy

参考

• governor-general, governor general
• lord lieutenant