Definitions for: Vicegerent

[n] someone appointed by a ruler as an administrative deputy

Webster (1913) Definition: Vice*ge"rent, a. [Vice, a. + gerent: cf. F.
viceg['e]rant.]
Having or exercising delegated power; acting by substitution,
or in the place of another. --Milton.

Vice*ge"rent, a. [Vice, a. + gerent: cf. F.
viceg['e]rant.]
Having or exercising delegated power; acting by substitution,
or in the place of another. --Milton.

Vice*ge"rent, n.
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.

See Also: deputy, surrogate

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