vicegerent
(noun) someone appointed by a ruler as an administrative deputy
Source: WordNet® 3.1
vicegerent (plural vicegerents)
The official administrative deputy of a ruler, head of state, or church official.
Not to be confused with viceregent.
vicegerent (not comparable)
Having or exercising delegated power; acting by substitution, or in the place of another.
• viceregent
Source: Wiktionary
Vice*ge"rent, a. Etym: [Vice, a + gerent: cf. F. vicegérant.]
Definition: Having or exercising delegated power; acting by substitution, or in the place of another. Milton.
Vice*ge"rent, a. Etym: [Vice, a. + gerent: cf. F. vicegérant.]
Definition: Having or exercising delegated power; acting by substitution, or in the place of another. Milton.
Vice*ge"rent, n.
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
15 March 2025
(noun) the replacement of an edge or solid angle (as in cutting a gemstone) by a plane (especially by a plane that is equally inclined to the adjacent faces)
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
