viceroy

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Soon he got permission to light up one of the city's most famous addresses - Raj Bhavan, the governor's mansion, once the residence of the British viceroy.

From BBC • Sep. 13, 2025

“And the viceroy Mike Davis tells me — since it doesn’t actually say consecutive — that, I don’t know, maybe we do it again in ‘28?

From Salon • Dec. 16, 2024

To reinforce his authority, he adopted the title khedive of Egypt, a designation above a viceroy and only one step below the reigning sultan.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

In the foreground from left to right were Jawaharlal Nehru, then the vice president of the interim government of India; Lord Louis Mountbatten, the viceroy; and Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the leader of the Muslim League.

From New York Times • Aug. 14, 2022

Accurately he was only regent of the Winds, viceroy of the gods.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton