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Viceroy

The governor of a country or province who rules in the name of the sovereign with regal authority, as the king's substitute; as, the viceroy of India.

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Exarch 76% connected

A viceroy; in Ravenna, the title of the viceroys of the Byzantine emperors; in the Eastern Church, the superior over several monasteries; in the mode…

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Khedive 76% connected

A governor or viceroy; -- a title granted in 1867 by the sultan of Turkey to the ruler of Egypt.

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Governor 76% connected

One who governs; especially, one who is invested with the supreme executive authority in a State; a chief ruler or magistrate; as, the governor of Pe…

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Adelantado noun · 78% connection

A governor of a province; a commander.

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Beglerbeg noun · 78% connection

The governor of a province of the Ottoman empire, next in dignity to the grand vizier.

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Bengal noun · 78% connection

A province in India, giving its name to various stuffs, animals, etc.

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Bey noun · 78% connection

A governor of a province or district in the Turkish dominions; also, in some places, a prince or nobleman; a beg; as, the bey of Tunis.

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Castle verb · 78% connection

To move the castle to the square next to king, and then the king around the castle to the square next beyond it, for the purpose of co…

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Check noun · 78% connection

A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were an…

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Code noun · 78% connection

Any system of rules or regulations relating to one subject; as, the medical code, a system of rules for the regulation of the professi…

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Colony noun · 78% connection

A company of people transplanted from their mother country to a remote province or country, and remaining subject to the jurisdiction…

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Comply verb · 78% connection

act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes; "He complied with my instructions"; "You must comply or else!"; "Follow t…

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Court noun · 78% connection

The collective body of persons composing the retinue of a sovereign or person high in authority; all the surroundings of a sovereign i…

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Crown noun · 78% connection

The person entitled to wear a regal or imperial crown; the sovereign; -- with the definite article.

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Deputy noun · 78% connection

One appointed as the substitute of another, and empowered to act for him, in his name or his behalf; a substitute in office; a lieuten…

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Eparch noun · 78% connection

In ancient Greece, the governor or perfect of a province; in modern Greece, the ruler of an eparchy.

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Eparchy noun · 78% connection

A province, prefecture, or territory, under the jurisdiction of an eparch or governor; esp., in modern Greece, one of the larger subdi…

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Ethics noun · 78% connection

The science of human duty; the body of rules of duty drawn from this science; a particular system of principles and rules concerting d…

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Ethnarch noun · 78% connection

The governor of a province or people.

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Follow verb · 78% connection

act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes; "He complied with my instructions"; "You must comply or else!"; "Follow t…

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Frontier noun · 78% connection

That part of a country which fronts or faces another country or an unsettled region; the marches; the border, confine, or extreme part…

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