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Meaning of 'regent' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Regent [ a.]
- Ruling; governing; regnant.
- Exercising vicarious authority.
- One who rules or reigns; a governor; a ruler.
- Especially, one invested with vicarious authority; one who governs a kingdom in the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign.
- One of a governing board; a trustee or overseer; a superintendent; a curator; as, the regents of the Smithsonian Institution.
- A resident master of arts of less than five years' standing, or a doctor of less than twwo. They were formerly privileged to lecture in the schools.

Meaning of 'regent' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . regent [ s]
Meaning (1):
- acting or functioning as a regent or ruler
Example in sentence:
  • prince-regent

Nearby Words:

regain regal regale regaled regalement regaler regalia regalian regaling regalism

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