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VICEGERENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does vicegerent mean?
• VICEGERENT (noun)
The noun VICEGERENT has 1 sense:
1. someone appointed by a ruler as an administrative deputy
Familiarity information: VICEGERENT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone appointed by a ruler as an administrative deputy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("vicegerent" is a kind of...):
deputy; surrogate (a person appointed to represent or act on behalf of others)
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