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regental

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re⋅gent

  [ree-juhnt]
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–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 regēns), prp. of regere to rule

Related forms:
re⋅gent⋅al, adjective
re⋅gent⋅ship, noun
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re·gent   (rē'jənt)   
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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