noun
- plural of vicereine; the wives of viceroys or female rulers who govern a country or province as representatives of a monarch
Usage: historical; formal
Examples
- The vicereines attended the colonial assembly meeting.
- Historical records document the influence of several vicereines in Spanish America.
- The vicereines were expected to maintain diplomatic relations with local nobility.
- During the colonial period, vicereines often patronized the arts and education.
- The palace housed both viceroys and vicereines throughout the centuries.
- Several vicereines left detailed journals of their experiences governing distant territories.