viceroy
/ˈvʌɪsrɔɪ/
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American sound/ˈvʌɪsrɔɪ/
viceroy
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- 2 syllables
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- 1st syllable stress
- Vowel
- Aw vowel
- Ending
- Final y vowel sound
vi - ce - roy -> viceroy
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- ‘Like the proconsuls of ancient Rome, the viceroy governed, administered, judged, superintended the royal treasury, was commander in chief of the army, and the vice patron of the church.’
- ‘These viceroys have in fact twice in the last century exercised their vice-regal powers to dismiss elected governments!’
- ‘Bosnia Herzegovina, for example, while it has a seat at the United Nations, is also administered by an international viceroy, Lord Paddy Ashdown.’
- ‘Having installed various Indian statesmen, religious figures and public benefactors in place of sundry British sovereigns, viceroys and generals, we have cheerfully proceeded to forget them.’
- ‘The overriding authority, the viceroy, whatever you wish to call him, actually has a considerable control and power, but they must be clear and honest with the local population.’
- ‘The British named most of them after British kings and queens and viceroys.’
- ‘The U.N.-paid and U.N.-sanctioned rulers of both Kosovo and Bosnia-Herzegovina exercise powers akin to erstwhile British viceroys.’
- ‘Central government remained under the control of the viceroy's Executive Council, but in the provinces a measure of self-government was conceded through the system known as dyarchy.’
- ‘The collapse of the Ottoman Empire following World War I and the dissolution of the British Raj three decades later replaced sultans with presidents and viceroys with prime ministers.’
- ‘Of course, that's not the same as invading a country, but you get the idea: a viceroy / administrator tries to handle a fiercely resentful community.’
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