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Definition of Regent
1. Noun. Members of a governing board.
Group relationships: Governing Board
Generic synonyms: Committee Member
Derivative terms: Trust
2. Adjective. Acting or functioning as a regent or ruler. "Prince-regent"
3. Noun. Someone who rules during the absence or incapacity or minority of the country's monarch.
Definition of Regent
1. a. Ruling; governing; regnant.
2. n. One who rules or reigns; a governor; a ruler.
Definition of Regent
1. one who rules in the place of a sovereign [n -S] : REGENTAL [adj]
Medical Definition of Regent
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1. One who rules or reigns; a governor; a ruler.
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.
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