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Webster 1913 Edition
Vicegerent
Vice-ge′rent
,Adj.
[
Vice
, a. + gerent
: cf. F. vice-gérant
.] Having or exercising delegated power; acting by substitution, or in the place of another.
Milton.
Vice-ge′rent
,Noun.
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 1828 Edition
Vicegerent
VICEGE'RENT
,Noun.
A lieutenant; a vicar; an officer who is deputed by a superior or by proper authority to exercise the powers of another. Kings are sometimes called God's vicegerents. It is to be wished they would always deserve the appellation.
VICEGE'RENT
,Adj.