Regan

[ree-guhn] Origin

Re·gan

[ree-guhn]
noun
(in Shakespeare's King Lear) the younger of Lear's two faithless daughters. Compare 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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