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Vicegerent

Vicegerent Meaning & Definition
Vicegerent Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Vicegerent?

[n] someone appointed by a ruler as an administrative deputy

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See Also | deputy | surrogate

Vicegerent In Webster's Dictionary

\Vice*ge"rent\, a. [Vice, a. + gerent: cf. F. viceg['e]rant.] Having or exercising delegated power; acting by substitution, or in the place of another. --Milton.
\Vice*ge"rent\, a. [Vice, a. + gerent: cf. F. viceg['e]rant.] Having or exercising delegated power; acting by substitution, or in the place of another. --Milton.
\Vice*ge"rent\, n. An officer who is deputed by a superior, or by proper authority, to exercise the powers of another; a lieutenant; a vicar. --Bacon. The symbol and vicegerent of the Deity. --C. A. Young.

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