Governmental title of two chaps out East (7)
I believe the answer is:
viceroy
'east' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how they can define each other.
I don't understand the remainder of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for viceroy that I've seen before include "Monarch's plenipotentiary - American butterfly, like (but smaller than) a monarch" , "sovereign's governor" , "Governor ruling in name of sovereign" , "Sovereign's representative in a colony" , "One ruling in a colony" .)