Regent
['riːdʒ(ə)nt] or ['ridʒənt]
Definition
(noun.) someone who rules during the absence or incapacity or minority of the country's monarch.
(noun.) members of a governing board.
(adj.) acting or functioning as a regent or ruler; 'prince-regent' .
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Definition
(a.) Ruling; governing; regnant.
(a.) Exercising vicarious authority.
(a.) One who rules or reigns; a governor; a ruler.
(a.) Especially, one invested with vicarious authority; one who governs a kingdom in the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign.
(a.) One of a governing board; a trustee or overseer; a superintendent; a curator; as, the regents of the Smithsonian Institution.
(a.) 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.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Governor, ruler, director.
Typist: Sean
Definition
adj. invested with interim or vicarious sovereign authority.—n. one invested with interim authority: one who rules for the sovereign: a college professor as formerly in Scotland and elsewhere: a master or doctor who takes part in the regular duties of instruction and government in some universities.—ns. Rē′gent-bird an Australian bird related to the bower-birds; Rē′gentess; Rē′gentship office of a regent: deputed authority.
Editor: Lyle
Examples
- Shopping in Regent Street is perfectly splendid. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- On the opposite and lighter side of the way, a short distance below me, a policeman was strolling along in the direction of the Regent's Park. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- He talks to Pa of an evening about the Prince Regent, and I never saw Pa so interested. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He crossed the road and walked towards the western boundary of the Regent's Park. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I had gone up to town about an investment, and I met him in Regent Street with hardly a coat to his back or a boot to his foot. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Five minutes later we were in the street, walking towards Regent's Circus. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- He hurried at his top speed down Baker Street and along Oxford Street, until we had almost reached Regent Circus. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Yes, I replied, that is the way: it leads to St. John's Wood and the Regent's Park. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- It was afterwards adopted, with some variations, by the Duke of Orleans, at that time regent of France. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Old Mr. Turveydrop adored the Prince Regent on account of his deportment. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He was her Europe: her emperor: her allied monarchs and august prince regent. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Pray, Miss Sharp, are you waiting for the Prince Regent's divorce, that you don't think our family good enough for you? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Caroline chid her when she abused Lord Wellington; but she listened delighted to a subsequent tirade against the Prince Regent. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Old Mr. Turveydrop had him christened Prince in remembrance of the Prince Regent. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Even the Regent himself once said he would travel a hundred miles to have the pleasure of seeing her dance. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Abo ut three years after Langley's death the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution established the Langley Medal for investigations in aerodromics in its application to aviation. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
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