Associations to the word «Regent»
Noun
- Carlton
- Edo
- Sheng
- Constantine
- Gregor
- Brighton
- Domenico
- Emu
- Principality
- Pu
- Baylor
- Bai
- Quadrant
- Livre
- Vizier
- Hyde
- Waterloo
- Absence
- Alfonso
- Galilee
- Westminster
- Hackney
- Maria
- Intrigue
- Holland
- Nawab
- Sulla
- Arbor
- Arizona
- Professorship
- Stead
- Siam
- Whistler
- Tuition
- Vas
- Thebes
- Grandson
- Accession
- Georgia
- Boniface
- University
- Pedro
- Dom
- Habsburg
- Iii
- Fief
- Yong
- Eldest
- Recitation
- Frederick
- Sweden
- Comte
- Hui
- Matilda
- Trafalgar
- Succession
- Isabel
- Lisbon
- Son
- Tibet
- Proclamation
- Tuscany
- Engel
- Provost
- Alia
- Legislature
- Ix
- Ci
- Brandenburg
- Vii
- Rhys
- Yugoslavia
- Baccalaureate
- Guardian
- Amadeus
- Francesco
- Toulouse
- Frieze
- Crusade
- Holstein
- Transylvania
- Asturias
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".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.