REGENT

regent

(adjective) acting or functioning as a regent or ruler; “prince-regent”

regent

(noun) someone who rules during the absence or incapacity or minority of the country’s monarch

regent, trustee

(noun) members of a governing board

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

regent (plural regents)

(now rare) A ruler. [from 15th c.]

One who rules in place of the monarch, especially because the monarch is too young, absent, or disabled. [from 15th c.]

(now chiefly historical) A member of a municipal or civic body of governors, especially in certain European cities. [from 16th c.]

(Scotland, North America) A member of governing board of a college or university; also a governor of the Smithsonian Institute in Washington DC. [from 18th c.]

(Indonesia) The chief executive of a regency

Adjective

regent (comparative more regent, superlative most regent)

Ruling; governing; regnant.

Exercising vicarious authority.

Anagrams

• gerent

Proper noun

Regent

A city in North Dakota.

Anagrams

• gerent

Source: Wiktionary

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Re"gent (r"jent), a. Etym: [L. regens, -entis, p. pr. of regere to rule: cf. F. régent. See Regiment.]

1. Ruling; governing; regnant. "Some other active regent principle . . . which we call the soul." Sir M. Hale.

2. Exercising vicarious authority. Milton. Queen regent. See under Queen, n.

Re"gent, n. Etym: [F. régent. See Regent, a.]

1. One who rules or reigns; a governor; a ruler. Milton.

2. Especially, one invested with vicarious authority; one who governs a kingdom in the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign.

3. One of a governing board; a trustee or overseer; a superintendent; a curator; as, the regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

4. (Eng.Univ.)

Definition: 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. Regent bird (Zoöl.), a beautiful Australian bower bird (Sericulus melinus). The male has the head, neck, and large patches on the wings, bright golden yellow, and the rest of the plumage deep velvety black; -- so called in honor of the Prince of Wales (afterward George IV.), who was Prince Regent in the reign of George III.

– The Regents of the University of the State of New York, the members of a corporate body called the University of New York. They have a certain supervisory power over the incorporated institution for Academic and higher education in the State.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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