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Regan
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ree
-g
uh
n
]
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Re·gan
/
ˈri
gən
/
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[
ree
-g
uh
n
]
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noun
(in Shakespeare's
King Lear
) the younger of Lear's two faithless daughters.
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Cordelia
(
def. 1
)
,
Goneril.
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Reagan
surname, from Ir. riagan, lit. "little king." Reaganism first recorded 1966, in ref. to policies of Ronald W. Reagan, U.S. governor of California 1967-75, U.S. president 1981-89.
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