Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Vicegerent

Vicegerent , adjective

[Vice, a. + gerent: compare French vice-gérant.]

Having or exercising delegated power; acting by substitution, or in the place of another. — Milton

Vicegerent , noun

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