vicegerent

Meaning

Noun

The official administrative deputy of a ruler, head of state, or church official.

Adj

Having or exercising delegated power; acting by substitution, or in the place of another.

Synonyms

deputy

governor

eparch

ethnarch

proconsul

locum-tenens

Translations

Statthalter

αντικαταστάτης

governatore

luogotenente

proconsul

propraetor

stadhouder

gobernador

lugarteniente

vice gerente

vekil

نائب

vekillik

gouverneur

Pronounced as (IPA)

/vaɪsˈd͡ʒɪəɹənt/

Etymology

From Latin vicegerens.