Definition of Regent

1. Noun. Members of a governing board.

Exact synonyms: Trustee
Group relationships: Governing Board
Generic synonyms: Committee Member
Derivative terms: Trust

2. Adjective. Acting or functioning as a regent or ruler. "Prince-regent"
Language type: Combining Form
Similar to: Powerful
Derivative terms: Regency

3. Noun. Someone who rules during the absence or incapacity or minority of the country's monarch.
Generic synonyms: Ruler, Swayer
Specialized synonyms: Catherine De Medicis

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

1. 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. 4. A resident master of arts of less than five years' standing, or a doctor of less than two. They were formerly privileged to lecture in the schools. 5. Regent bird, 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. (12 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Regent

regenerateness
regenerates
regenerating
regeneration
regeneration
regenerations
regeneration harvest
regeneration with reserves
regenerative
regenerative
regenerative polyp
regenerator
regenerator
regenerators
regent (current term)
regent (current term)
regent(ip)
regental
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regerminate
reges
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reggae
reggaes
Reggane
reggo
reggos
regicidal
regicide

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