regent

Definitions


[ˈriːdʒ(ə)nt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a person appointed to administer a state because the monarch is a minor or is absent or incapacitated

- a member of the governing body of a university or other academic institution


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Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin regent- ‘ruling’, from the verb regere


[ˈriːdʒ(ə)nt], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- acting as regent for a monarch
(e.g: the queen regent of Portugal)


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Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin regent- ‘ruling’, from the verb regere




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