meaning of regent
1. Ruling; governing; regnant.
2. Exercising vicarious authority.
3. One who rules or reigns; a governor; a ruler.
4. Especially, one invested with vicarious authority; one who governs a kingdom in the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign.
5. One of a governing board; a trustee or overseer; a superintendent; a curator; as, the regents of the Smithsonian Institution.
6. 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.
7. someone who rules during the absence or incapacity or minority of the countrys monarch
Related Words
regent | regentess | regentship |
