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REGENT

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who rules during the absence or incapacity or minority of the country's monarch

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("regent" is a kind of...):

ruler; swayer (a person who rules or commands)

Instance hyponyms:

Catherine de Medicis (queen of France as the wife of Henry II and regent during the minority of her son Charles IX (1519-1589))

Derivation:

regent (acting or functioning as a regent or ruler)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Members of a governing board

Synonyms:

regent; trustee

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("regent" is a kind of...):

committee member (a member of a committee)

Holonyms ("regent" is a member of...):

governing board (a board that manages the affairs of an institution)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Acting or functioning as a regent or ruler

Example:

prince-regent

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

powerful (having great power or force or potency or effect)

Domain usage:

combining form (a bound form used only in compounds)

Derivation:

regency (the office of a regent)

regent (someone who rules during the absence or incapacity or minority of the country's monarch)

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