REGENT
\ɹˈiːd͡ʒənt], \ɹˈiːdʒənt], \ɹ_ˈiː_dʒ_ə_n_t]\
Definitions of REGENT
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By Princeton University
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Ruling; governing; regnant.
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Exercising vicarious authority.
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One who rules or reigns; a governor; a ruler.
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Especially, one invested with vicarious authority; one who governs a kingdom in the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign.
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One of a governing board; a trustee or overseer; a superintendent; a curator; as, the regents of the Smithsonian Institution.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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Ruling; governing; regnant.
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Exercising vicarious authority.
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One who rules or reigns; a governor; a ruler.
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Especially, one invested with vicarious authority; one who governs a kingdom in the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign.
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One of a governing board; a trustee or overseer; a superintendent; a curator; as, the regents of the Smithsonian Institution.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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One who governs during the youth, absence, or unfitness of the rightful ruler; any governor or ruler; a university officer.
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Ruling in place of another; as, prince regent.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Invested with interim sovereign authority: ruling: governing.
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One invested with interim authority: one who rules for a sovereign: in the English universities a master of arts under five years standing, and a doctor under two: one of the board, appointed by the Legislature, who have the superintendence of all the colleges, acadamies, and schools of the State of New York.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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Ruling; exercising vicarious authority.
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A ruler; one who governs in the minority, absence, or disability of the kings; a university teacher; one of a board of superintendence over college and school.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. One who rules or reigns;- one who governs a kingdom in the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign;—formerly, one of a certain standing or attainment licensed to teach in universities; a professor;- also, a master of arts or doctor of a certain standing, who form collectively the governing body in the convocation at Oxford and Cambridge; —a vicarious or deputed authority;- a trustee or overseer.
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