Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
- a combining form meaning “deputy,” used in the formation of compound words, usually titles of officials who serve in the absence of the official denoted by the base word: viceroy; vice-chancellor.
word-forming element meaning “instead of, in place of,” 15c., from Latin vice “in place of,” ablative of vicis “change, turn, office” (see vicarious). Sometimes borrowed in Old French form vis-, vi-.