Regent

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  • noun. One who rules during the minority, absence, or disability of a monarch.
  • noun. One acting as a ruler or governor.
  • noun. A member of a board that governs an institution, such as a state university.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To teach or superintend as a regent.
  • To direct or control (a person) as a regent.
  • To act as a regent of a university.
  • Ruling; governing.
  • Exercising vicarious authority: as, a prince regent.
  • Taking part in the government of a university.
  • noun. A ruler; a governor: in a general sense.
  • noun. One who is invested with vicarious authority; one who governs a kingdom in the minority, absence, or disability of the king.
  • noun. In the old universities, a master or doctor who takes part in the regular duties of instruction or government.
  • noun. In the State of New York, a member of the corporate body known as the University of the State of New York.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. One who rules or reigns; a governor; a ruler.
  • noun. Especially, one invested with vicarious authority; one who governs a kingdom in the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign.
  • noun. One of a governing board; a trustee or overseer; a superintendent; a curator.
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. 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.
  • adjective. Ruling; governing; regnant.
  • adjective. Exercising vicarious authority.
  • adjective. See under Queen, n.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. One who rules in place of the monarch because the monarch is too young, absent, or disabled.
  • noun. A member of governing board.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. acting or functioning as a regent or ruler
  • noun. someone who rules during the absence or incapacity or minority of the country's monarch
  • noun. members of a governing board
  • Word Usage
    "Portia Cue plays the title regent of the diminutive planet, with John Benzinger portraying the Aviator."
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