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
Gandhi during a fast in 1939 that ended when the viceroy of India agreed to the release of political prisoners.
From New York Times ● Jan. 30, 2023
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
Accurately he was only regent of the Winds, viceroy of the gods.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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For decades, the Delhi Gymkhana Club was among the world’s most elite clubs, counting British viceroys and Indian royalty among its members.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
"Governor Generals, viceroys and people in high society would dine there," Mr Neogi explains.
From BBC ● Nov. 25, 2023
Palma is lighthearted, ironic, amusing and anticlerical by nature, and in his writing he makes fun of the sumptuous interiorities of viceroys and courtesans.
From New York Times ● Nov. 1, 2023
The kings of Assyria were considered viceroys of the gods, especially the chief deity Asshur.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023
She had been born and raised in a city six hundred miles away, a gloomy city where on ghostly nights the coaches of the viceroys still rattled through the cobbled streets.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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