viceroy
Sovereign's distant representative
A viceroy is a ruler who governs a territory on behalf of a sovereign—a vice-king.
The term applied especially to colonial administrators governing in the name of European monarchs: the Viceroy of India.
Viceroy is also a species of butterfly resembling the monarch, itself named for royalty.
State's chief executive
- provinceRegional administrative district
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
mandate · proconsul · satrap · prefect · commissar · magistrate · commandant · raj
One who acts for another
- proxyAuthorized substitute
- regentInterim throne holder
- envoyAccredited diplomatic representative
- legateOfficial ecclesiastical representative
lieutenant · second-in-command · subordinate · steward · delegate · stand-in · appointee · emissary
Limbs for flight
- mimicryAdaptive resemblance to another
- colorationSurface hue arrangement
- patternsRecurring arrangements or designs
- caterpillarMoth or butterfly young
chrysalis · metamorphosis · Lepidoptera · pollination · nectar · larvae · pupa · flight
Male crowned ruler
- queenMost powerful chess piece
- crownSovereign's ornamental headpiece
- throneCeremonial chair for sovereigns
- dynastySuccessive family rulers
sovereignty · royalty · reign · emperor · palace · coronation · scepter · realm
Hereditary supreme ruler
- imitationCopy of the original
- camouflageConcealment through visual blending
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- deceptionIntentional misleading of others
resemblance · warning · coloration · predator · protection · survival · copycat · doppelganger
governor
State's chief executive
- provinceRegional administrative district
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
authority · mandate · proconsul · satrap · prefect · commissar · magistrate · commandant · raj · crown
representative
One who acts for another
legate · lieutenant · second-in-command · subordinate · steward · delegate · stand-in · appointee · emissary · plenipotentiary
wings
Limbs for flight
- mimicryAdaptive resemblance to another
- colorationSurface hue arrangement
- patternsRecurring arrangements or designs
caterpillar · chrysalis · metamorphosis · Lepidoptera · pollination · nectar · larvae · pupa · flight · migration
king
Male crowned ruler
- queenMost powerful chess piece
- crownSovereign's ornamental headpiece
- throneCeremonial chair for sovereigns
dynasty · sovereignty · royalty · reign · emperor · palace · coronation · scepter · realm · aristocracy
monarch
Hereditary supreme ruler
- imitationCopy of the original
- camouflageConcealment through visual blending
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
deception · resemblance · warning · coloration · predator · protection · survival · copycat · doppelganger · palatability
- historical governorsprefect, satrap, proconsul, legate, intendant
- insectsant, ants, bee, bees, butterfly
- royaltyking, queen, prince, princess, kings
- authorityleaders, ruler, rulers, monarch, bosses
- butterfliesmonarch, swallowtail, painted lady, red admiral, mourning cloak
- empire termscapital, colony, province, territory, emperor
viceroysubject
Matter under discussion
colonized · indigenous leader · native · independence leader · freedom fighter