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the king's stunt double, ruling continents on borrowed authority and someone else's crown.
means A governor who rules a colony, province, or country as the official representative of a monarch, exercising royal authority in the king's absence.
from From French vice-roy, literally 'in place of the king': the prefix vice- (Latin vice, 'in place of,' the same one lurking in vice-president) bolted onto roi, French for 'king,' from Latin rex. So the word is built exactly like the job — a stand-in wearing the authority of a crown that isn't his.
- name origin
- French vice-roi, literally in place of the king
- butterfly twin
- viceroy mimics monarch's colors to dodge predators
- India's reign
- viceroys ruled British India for ninety years
- raw power
- governed millions never having met their monarch
- colonial peak
- answered only to the crown, not local law
lord curzon — british viceroy of india 1898-1905, implemented the partition of bengal
lord mountbatten — last british viceroy of india 1947, oversaw independence and partition
antonio de mendoza — first viceroy of new spain 1535-1550, established colonial governance in mexico