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- noun Plural form of
viceroy .
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Examples
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Yesterday they were called viceroys, today they're dignitaries
News 2012
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Yesterday they were called viceroys, today they're dignitaries
News 2012
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The viceroys were her appointees; and she knew they would stand by her to a man.
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The governors of Ireland have always been called viceroys, or lord-lieutenants.
Stories and Legends of Travel and History, for Children Grace Greenwood 1863
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The _Spanish government_ in America is vested in officers called viceroys, who represent the person of their sovereign; and who possess his royal prerogatives, within the precincts of their own territories.
Travels in North America, From Modern Writers With Remarks and Observations; Exhibiting a Connected View of the Geography and Present State of that Quarter of the Globe William Bingley 1798
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Black isn't as charismatic or egomaniacal as Donald Trump I really wish he had a couple of gruff "viceroys", like Carolyn and George, in the boardroom with him, and he looked a little shaky addressing the contestants at the start of the program - but by the time the boardroom scene came around, he startled some of the victorious contestants by pointing out the errors they made during their cases.
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South African Deputy President Thabo Mbeki told a press conference later that the leaders had condemned some World Bank officials for acting like "viceroys" in the past, but added that
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The quality of the "viceroys" was far from uniform, for
Barbarossa Clark, Alan 1965
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We are all God-carriers, he kept repeating, God's stand-ins, God's viceroys.
Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater: 'We Are All God Carriers': The Universal Wisdom of Archbishop Desmond Tutu Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater 2011
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We are all God-carriers, he kept repeating, God's stand-ins, God's viceroys.
Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater: 'We Are All God Carriers': The Universal Wisdom of Archbishop Desmond Tutu Rabbi Joshua Levine Grater 2011
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