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re·gent    Audio Help   [ree-juhnt] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.a person who exercises the ruling power in a kingdom during the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign.
2.a ruler or governor.
3.a member of the governing board of a state university or a state educational system.
4.a university officer who exercises general supervision over the conduct and welfare of the students.
5.(in certain Catholic universities) a member of the religious order who is associated in the administration of a school or college with a layperson who is its dean or director.
–adjective
6.acting as regent of a country; exercising ruling authority in behalf of a sovereign during his or her minority, absence, or disability (usually used postpositively): a prince regent.

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME < L regent- (s. of regéns), prp. of regere to rule]

re·gent·al, adjective
re·gent·ship, noun
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re·gent    Audio Help   (rē'jənt)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. One who rules during the minority, absence, or disability of a monarch.
  2. One acting as a ruler or governor.
  3. A member of a board that governs an institution, such as a state university.


[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin regēns, regent-, ruler, from present participle of regere, to rule; see reg- in Indo-European roots.]

re'gent·al (-jən-tl) adj.
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regent  (n.)
c.1412, from adj. (1387), from O.Fr. regent, from M.L. regentem (nom. regens), from L. regens "ruler, governor," also prp. of regere "to rule, direct" (see regal). Senses of "university faculty member" is attested from 1522, originally Scottish.

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regent

adjective
1. acting or functioning as a regent or ruler; "prince-regent" 

noun
1. members of a governing board 
2. someone who rules during the absence or incapacity or minority of the country's monarch 

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regent [ˈriːdʒent] noun
a person who governs in place of a king or queen
Example: The prince was only two years old when the king died, so his uncle was appointed regent.
Arabic: وَصي على العَرْش
Chinese (Simplified): 摄政者(王)
Chinese (Traditional): 攝政者(王)
Czech: regent, -ka
Danish: regent
Dutch: regent
Estonian: regent
Finnish: sijaishallitsija
French: régent, *-ente
German: der, *die Regent(in)
Greek: αντιβασιλέας
Hungarian: kormányzó
Icelandic: ríkisstjóri
Indonesian: wali raja
Italian: reggente
Japanese: 摂政
Korean: 섭정
Latvian: reģents
Lithuanian: regentas
Norwegian: riksforstander, regent
Polish: regent
Portuguese (Brazil): regente
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Romanian: regent
Russian: регент
Slovak: regent, -ka
Slovenian: regent
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Turkish: naip, hükümdar vekili
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Regent, ND (city, FIPS 66020) Location: 46.42271 N, 102.55759 W
Population (1990): 268 (142 housing units)
Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 58650

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Regent

Non`re"gent\, n. (Eng. Universities) A master of arts whose regency has ceased. See Regent.

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Regent

Re"gen*cy\ (r?*jen*s?), n.; pl. Regencies (-s?z). [CF. F. r['e]gence, LL. regentia. See Regent, a.]

1. The office of ruler; rule; authority; government.

2. Especially, the office, jurisdiction, or dominion of a regent or vicarious ruler, or of a body of regents; deputed or vicarious government. --Sir W. Temple.

3. A body of men intrusted with vicarious government; as, a regency constituted during a king's minority, absence from the kingdom, or other disability.

A council or regency consisting of twelve persons. --Lowth.

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