"regent" Definition

Definitions for the word "regent" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. a.
Ruling; governing; regnant.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. a.
Exercising vicarious authority.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. a.
One who rules or reigns; a governor; a ruler.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. a.
Especially, one invested with vicarious authority; one who governs a kingdom in the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. a.
One of a governing board; a trustee or overseer; a superintendent; a curator; as, the regents of the Smithsonian Institution.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. a.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
Person appointed to administer a state because the monarch is a minor or is absent or incapacitated. adj. (after the noun) acting as regent (prince regent). [latin rego rule]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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