vicegerent Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun someone appointed by a ruler as an administrative deputy

WordNet

Vice*ge"rent adjective
Etymology
Vice, a + gerent: cf. F. vicegérant.
Definitions
  1. Having or exercising delegated power; acting by substitution, or in the place of another. Milton.
Vice*ge"rent adjective
Etymology
Vice, a. + gerent: cf. F. vicegérant.
Definitions
  1. Having or exercising delegated power; acting by substitution, or in the place of another. Milton.
Vice*ge"rent noun
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913