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1. (n.) regent
a person who exercises the ruling power in a kingdom during the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign.
2. regent
a ruler or governor.
3. regent
a member of the governing board of a state university or a state educational system.
4. regent
any of various officers of academic institutions.
5. (adj.) regent
acting as regent of a kingdom (usu. used postpositively):
a prince regent.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < L regent- (s. of regēns), prp. of regere to rule)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) regent, trustee
members of a governing board
2. (adj) regent
someone who rules during the absence or incapacity or minority of the country's monarch
3. (adj) regent(ip)
acting or functioning as a regent or ruler
"prince-regent"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) regent
ruling; governing; regnant
2. (adj) regent
exercising vicarious authority
3. (adj) regent
one who rules or reigns; a governor; a ruler
4. (adj) regent
especially, one invested with vicarious authority; one who governs a kingdom in the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign
5. (adj) regent
one of a governing board; a trustee or overseer; a superintendent; a curator; as, the regents of the Smithsonian Institution
6. (adj) regent
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
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Sense: a person who governs in place of a king or queen
The prince was only two years old when the king died, so his uncle was appointed regent.
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 Afrikaans: regent |
 Arabic: وَصي على العَرْش |
 Bulgarian: регент |
 Brazilian: regente |
 Czech: regent, -ka |
 German: der/die Regent(in) |
 Danish: regent |
 Greek: αντιβασιλέας |
 Spanish: regente |
 Estonian: regent |
 Farsi: نایب السلطنه |
 Finnish: sijaishallitsija |
 French: régent/-ente |
 Hebrew: עוֹצֵר |
 Hindi: राज्य-प्रतिनिधि |
 Croatian: regent |
 Hungarian: kormányzó |
 Indonesian: wali raja |
 Icelandic: ríkisstjóri |
 Italian: reggente |
 Japanese: 摂政 |
 Korean: 섭정 |
 Lithuanian: regentas |
 Latvian: reģents |
 Malay: pemangku raja |
 Dutch: regent |
 Norwegian: riksforstander, regent |
 Polish: regent |
 Persian: نایب السلطنه |
 Pashto: دپاچاه نايب |
 Portuguese: regente |
 Romanian: regent |
 Russian: регент |
 Slovak: regent, -ka |
 Slovenian: regent |
 Serbian: regent |
 Swedish: regent |
 Thai: ผู้สำเร็จราชการ |
 Turkish: naip, hükümdar vekili |
 Taiwanese: 攝政王(后) |
 Ukrainian: регент |
 Urdu: ناءب ریاست |
 Vietnamese: quan nhiếp chính |
 Chinese: 摄政者（王） |
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