viceroy

Example Sentences

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“The perception in Afghanistan and people in government think that perhaps, perhaps all this talk is to create a caretaker government of which he will then become the viceroy,” Mohib said.

From Reuters

One of the mysteries of the Alphabet Animals: Where are the viceroy butterflies?

From Washington Post

Mountbatten served as the supreme allied commander in Southeast Asia during World War II and became the last viceroy of India before independence.

From Washington Post

De Lesseps befriended the viceroy of Egypt, Muhammad Ali, and his 13-year-old son, Said Pasha.

From Los Angeles Times

In the mid-19th century, the Ottoman viceroy, Khedive Ismail Pasha, built a network of elegant boulevards, imitating Paris, that converged on a space that was named, at first, after himself: Ismailia Square.

From New York Times