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Meaning of vice-reine | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Princesse qui gouverne avec l’autorité d’un vice-roi.

Examples

“At a beautiful garden, full of fruit trees, a feast was spread under a noble banyan, the vice-reine causing the cloth next to her to be allotted to her guests, whom she tended affectionately, gathering and paring fruit, cutting flowers and weaving them for them, and, unlike the Hindoos, freely eating what they handed her.”
“She is jolly and democratic which is a new thing in vice-reines.”
“Ruling women could wield authority not only as consort, regnant, regent and even dowager queens, but also as proxy rulers such as lieutenants, governors and vice-reines.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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