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interrex

(ˌɪntəˈrɛks)

n, pl interreges (ˌɪntəˈriːdʒiːz)

(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a person who governs during an interregnum; provisional ruler

[C16: from Latin, from inter- + rēx king]

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