VICEGERENT

a. n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
a.

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

2.
a.

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

3.
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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