Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A woman who rules as the substitute or deputy of a king or of a queen; a viceroy's wife. See
vice-king .
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Examples
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The vice-king and vice-queen had never met before their marriage, but were soon as much attached to each other as if they had been acquainted for years, for never were two persons more perfectly congenial.
Complete Project Gutenberg Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon Various
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The vice-queen (Augusta Amelia of Bavaria) was handsome and good as an angel.
Complete Project Gutenberg Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon Various
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One of her daughters, who was quite young, having spoken in a very harsh tone to her maid, her most serene highness the vice-queen was informed of it, and in order to give her daughter a lesson, forbade the servants to render the young princess any service, or to reply to any of her demands, from that time.
Complete Project Gutenberg Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon Various
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In every herd there is a queen who can vanquish all the rest, and a vice-queen who can vanquish all but the queen, and a second vice-queen who can vanquish all but the first two, and so on down to the weakest of the herd, who cannot withstand any of the others.
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No princess, and indeed no mother, could have manifested more affection and care for her children than the vice-queen; and she might well serve as a model for all women.
Complete Project Gutenberg Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon Various
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It was impossible to speak of beauty or virtue in the Emperor's presence without his giving the vice-queen as an example.
Complete Project Gutenberg Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon Various
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No princess, and indeed no mother, could have manifested more affection and care for her children than the vice-queen; and she might well serve as a model for all women.
Recollections of the private life of Napoleon Wairy, Louis Constant, 1778-1845 1895
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The vice-king and vice-queen had never met before their marriage, but were soon as much attached to each other as if they had been acquainted for years, for never were two persons more perfectly congenial.
Recollections of the private life of Napoleon Wairy, Louis Constant, 1778-1845 1895
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One of her daughters, who was quite young, having spoken in a very harsh tone to her maid, her most serene highness the vice-queen was informed of it, and in order to give her daughter a lesson, forbade the servants to render the young princess any service, or to reply to any of her demands, from that time.
Recollections of the private life of Napoleon Wairy, Louis Constant, 1778-1845 1895
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It was impossible to speak of beauty or virtue in the Emperor's presence without his giving the vice-queen as an example.
Recollections of the private life of Napoleon Wairy, Louis Constant, 1778-1845 1895
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