Associations to the word «Vicegerent»

Wiktionary

VICEGERENT, noun. The official administrative deputy of a ruler or head of state; viceregent.
VICEGERENT, adjective. Having or exercising delegated power; acting by substitution, or in the place of another.

Dictionary definition

VICEGERENT, noun. Someone appointed by a ruler as an administrative deputy.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne