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viceroy

vice.roy \'vi-s-.ro.i\ n [MF vice-roi, fr. vice- + roi king, fr. L reg-, 
   rex)X - more at ROYAL 1: the governor of a country or province who rules as 
   the representative of  his king or sovereign 2: a showy American butterfly 
   (Limenitis archippus) closely mimicking  the monarch in coloration but 
   smaller