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prorex

prorex noun: viceroy.

Noun

prorex

  1. (obsolete) viceroy
    • Nay, pray you let him ſtay a greater
      Fits Menaphon, than warring with a Thiefe:
      Create him Prorex of Affrica,
      That he may win the Babilonians hearts,
      Which will reuolt from Perſean gouernment,
      Unleſſe they haue a wiſer King than you.c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...

Origin of prorex

Borrowed from Latin prorex.

Questions about prorex

What does prorex mean?
Prorex means viceroy.
What part of speech is prorex?
Prorex is a noun.

Words near prorex in the dictionary

  1. prorevival
  2. prorevivalist
  3. prorevivalists
  4. prorevolution
  5. prorevolutionary
  6. prorex
  7. prorhinal
  8. prorogate
  9. prorogated
  10. prorogates
  11. prorogating

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