Category:Vicegerent

Vice*ge"rent, a. Etym: [vice, a + gerent: cf. F. vicegérant.]

Defn: having or exercising delegated power; acting by substitution, Or in the place of another. Milton.

Vicegerent Vice*ge"rent, a. Etym: [vice, a. + gerent: cf. F. vicegérant.]

Defn: having or exercising delegated power; acting by substitution, Or in the place of another. Milton.

Vicegerent Vice*ge"rent, n.

Defn: 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.