vice-roi
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.37 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Alternative form of viceroy.
Example Sentences
- "Among theſe are reckoned, a Hiſtory (in good repute) of the great men of Sicily, Palermo, 1704, 4to. and a Hiſtory of the Vice-rois of Sicily, ibid. 1697, folio."
- "The vice-roi of Italy with a central army also of 80,000 men, composed of his own corps and of that of Saint-Cyr, was to throw himself between the two Russian armies, and to cut off their communication."
- "The prosperity of Antwerp, once so great, began to decline under the tyranny of the cruel Duke of Alva, the vice-roi of Philip II of Spain."
- "You find, however, a curious collection of portraits of all the vice-rois and first presidents of Peru, from Columbus down to the Grand-Marshal Lamar."
- "And in the letters to the vice-rois, although she used all the humble phraseology of a language which is full of such phrases, yet there is an unbending pride and independence behind it all."
- "He was the vice-roi of Hicem and absolutely refused to be drawn into any lengthy discussion."
Etymology
From French vice-roi.
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
- Root: vice-roi