vicereine

• vice-reine

From French vice-reine, from vice- + reine (“queen”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /vʌɪsɹeɪn/, /ˈvʌɪsɹɛn/

vicereine (plural vicereines)

1. The wife of a viceroy. [from 19th c.]
   • 1941, W Somerset Maugham, Up at the Villa, Vintage, published 2004, page 19:

     ‘I can't imagine anything I'd like better than to be Vicereine of India,’ said the Princess.

2. A woman who is a viceroy.

• viceroy