Definitions for reganˈri gən

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

Re•ganˈri gən(n.)

  1. (in Shakespeare's King Lear, 1606) the younger of Lear's two faithless daughters.

    Category: Literature

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  1. Regan(ProperNoun)

    of origin, variant of Reagan.

  2. Regan(ProperNoun)

    , transferred use of the surname.

  3. Regan(ProperNoun)

    derived from the surname, or from the name of the evil daughter of King Lear. Shakespeare may have got the name from the ultimately same Irish source.


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