Definition of "vice-reine" [vice-reine]

• A nominal title of the wife of a viceroy. (noun)
• The female governor of a state or colony, who rules in place of the king. (noun)
• An American nymphalid butterfly, Basilarchia floridensis, found in Georgia and Florida, and resembling the viceroy although much darker in color. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "It was at Loja that the valuable properties of the cinchona-bark, the source of quinine, were first discovered by a Spanish soldier who, having accidentally experienced its antipyretic qualities, by means of it cured the vice-reine of Peru, the Countess of Chichon (a quo cinchona), of a fever, and thus made it known to the world."
• "It did one's heart good to look at Maud, as she busied herself about, in her capacity as vice-reine of the household; perhaps, with a natural feeling, liking to show someone present how mature and sedate she was – not so very young after all."
• "Mrs. Gregory, in spite of multifarious occupations as the firm's vice-reine, had by no means forgotten pretty Miss Leigh, nor her cousin's emphatic instructions; the girl had failed to accompany her to the Gymkhana dance -- "her aunt was ill; she had been unable to leave her" -- a stereotyped excuse to every invitation."