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vice-

Deputy; assistant.

Latin vice, in place of.

Numerous formations exist, of which a few are vice-president, an official or executive ranking below and deputizing for a president; vice-chancellor, a deputy chancellor, especially one of a British university who discharges most of its administrative duties; vice-chairman, a deputy chairman; viceroy (Latin roi, king), a ruler exercising authority in a colony on behalf of a sovereign, for which the adjective is viceregal.

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