Also vice-reine. [a. F. vicereine, f. vice- VICE- + reine queen.] The wife of a viceroy; also (less usually), = VICE-QUEEN a.
Common from c. 1885.
1823. Mrs. A. Judson, Amer. Bapt. Miss. Burman Emp., Contents, Letter v. Visit of the Vice-reine. [Cf. p. 63. Her highness, the viceroy’s wife, visited us.]
1833. Lady Bedingfeld, in Jerningham Lett. (1896), II. 391. Residing 3 years at Brussels … at the time that it belonged to Austria and had … the Arch D. Mary Christine for Vice-Reine.
1882. Times, 27 July, 5/1. Those … who have expressed to her Highness the Vicereine and [the Khedive] himself their sympathy.
1896. Pall Mall Mag., Jan., 105. The Viceroy and the Vicereine stand before Tippoo’s throne, supported … by the leading officials.
