Associations to the word «Regent»
Noun
- Dowager
- Regency
- Empress
- Duc
- Marino
- Piccadilly
- Wei
- Medici
- Prince
- Liang
- Lama
- Dubois
- Guise
- Consort
- Christina
- Wen
- Savoy
- Ras
- Navarre
- Sigismund
- Throne
- Antioch
- Castile
- Edict
- Aragon
- Archduke
- Duchess
- Dauphin
- Ptolemy
- Liechtenstein
- Abd
- Nobles
- Philippe
- Lennox
- Heir
- Cortes
- Isabella
- Camden
- Terrace
- Parma
- Minority
- Emperor
- Saxe
- Duchy
- Lakshmi
- Wu
- Highness
- Palais
- Queen
- Chancellor
- Duke
- Nephew
- Anjou
- Bedford
- Morton
- Burgundy
- Bavaria
- Rani
- Czar
- Mecklenburg
- Xiv
- Governed
- Xv
- Vi
- Blanche
- Bourbon
- Casimir
- Sovereign
- Baldwin
- Albany
- Pharaoh
- Nilsson
- Shu
- Ferdinand
- Flanders
- Monarch
- Protector
- Chun
- Pretender
- Leopold
- Anhalt
- Sultan
- Ruler
- Park
Wiktionary
REGENT, noun. (now rare) A ruler. [from 15th c.]
REGENT, noun. One who rules in place of the monarch, especially because the monarch is too young, absent, or disabled. [from 15th c.]
REGENT, noun. (now chiefly historical) A member of a municipal or civic body of governors, especially in certain European cities. [from 16th c.]
REGENT, noun. (North America) A member of governing board of a college or university; also a governor of the Smithsonian Institute in Washington DC. [from 18th c.]
REGENT, adjective. Ruling; governing; regnant.
REGENT, adjective. Exercising vicarious authority.
REGENT, proper noun. A city in North Dakota
REGENT, noun. (UK) a member of the British Royal Family who rules in a de facto fashion because the official king or queen is unable to do so for whatever reason.
Dictionary definition
REGENT, noun. Members of a governing board.
REGENT, noun. Someone who rules during the absence or incapacity or minority of the country's monarch.
REGENT, adjective. Acting or functioning as a regent or ruler; "prince-regent".
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