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Regent

Regent (regent)
a.(r?"jent)
Re"gent
[L. regens, -entis, p. pr. of regere to rule: cf. F. régent. See Regiment.]
  1. Ruling; governing; regnant.
    "Some other active regent principle . . . which we call the soul." Sir M. Hale.
  2. Exercising vicarious authority.
    Milton.

    Queen regent. See under Queen, n.

Regent

Regent (regent)
n.
Re"gent
  1. One who rules or reigns; a governor; a ruler.
    Milton.
  2. Especially, one invested with vicarious authority; one who governs a kingdom in the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign.
  3. One of a governing board; a trustee or overseer; a superintendent; a curator; as, the regents of the Smithsonian Institution.
  4. 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.

    Regent bird (Zoöl.), a beautiful Australian bower bird (Sericulus melinus). The male has the head, neck, and large patches on the wings, bright golden yellow, and the rest of the plumage deep velvety black; -- so called in honor of the Prince of Wales (afterward George IV.), who was Prince Regent in the reign of George III. -- The Regents of the University of the State of New York, the members of a corporate body called the University of New York. They have a certain supervisory power over the incorporated institution for Academic and higher education in the State.













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