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Meaning of REGENT

Pronunciation:  'reejunt

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  someone who rules during the absence or incapacity or minority of the country's monarch
  2. [n]  members of a governing board
 
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 Synonyms: trustee
 
 See Also: Catherine de Medicis, committee member, governing board, ruler, swayer

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Re"gent\ (r?"jent), a. [L. regens, -entis, p. pr. of
    regere to rule: cf. F. r['e]gent. See {Regiment}.]
    1. Ruling; governing; regnant. ``Some other active regent
       principle . . . which we call the soul.'' --Sir M. Hale.
    2. Exercising vicarious authority. --Milton.
    {Queen regent}. See under {Queen}, n.
    
  2. \Re"gent\, n. [F. r['e]gent. See {Regent}, a.]
    1. One who rules or reigns; a governor; a ruler. --Milton.
    2. Especially, one invested with vicarious authority; one who
       governs a kingdom in the minority, absence, or disability
       of the sovereign.
    3. One of a governing board; a trustee or overseer; a
       superintendent; a curator; as, the regents of the
       Smithsonian Institution.
    4. (Eng.Univ.) 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.
    {Regent bird} (Zo["o]l.), a beautiful Australian bower bird
       ({Sericulus melinus}). The male has the head, neck, and
       large patches on the wings, bright golden yellow, and the
       rest of the plumage deep velvety black; -- so called in
       honor of the Prince of Wales (afterward George IV.), who
       was Prince Regent in the reign of George III.
    {The Regents of the University of the State of New York}, the
       members of a corporate body called the University of New
       York. They have a certain supervisory power over the
       incorporated institution for Academic and higher education
       in the State.
    
 

 

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