Viceroy

Definition

viceroy / 'vaÇsrↄÇ / n ဘုရင္ခံ။

Examples

1. ‘Like the proconsuls of ancient Rome
2. the viceroy governed
3. administered
4. judged
5. superintended the royal treasury
6. was commander in chief of the army
7. and the vice patron of the church.’
8. ‘These viceroys have in fact twice in the last century exercised their vice-regal powers to dismiss elected governments!’
9. ‘Bosnia Herzegovina
10. for example
11. while it has a seat at the United Nations
12. is also administered by an international viceroy
13. Lord Paddy Ashdown.’
14. ‘Having installed various Indian statesmen
15. religious figures and public benefactors in place of sundry British sovereigns
16. viceroys and generals
17. we have cheerfully proceeded to forget them.’
18. ‘The overriding authority
19. the viceroy
20. whatever you wish to call him
21. actually has a considerable control and power
22. but they must be clear and honest with the local population.’
23. ‘The British named most of them after British kings and queens and viceroys.’
24. ‘The U.N.-paid and U.N.-sanctioned rulers of both Kosovo and Bosnia-Herzegovina exercise powers akin to erstwhile British viceroys.’
25. ‘Central government remained under the control of the viceroy's Executive Council
26. but in the provinces a measure of self-government was conceded through the system known as dyarchy.’
27. ‘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.’
28. ‘Of course
29. that's not the same as invading a country
30. but you get the idea: a viceroy / administrator tries to handle a fiercely resentful community.’