Definition of regent

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re·gent    (rjnt) KEY 

NOUN:

1. One who rules during the minority, absence, or disability of a monarch.
2. One acting as a ruler or governor.
3. A member of a board that governs an institution, such as a state university.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from Old French, from Latin regns, regent-, ruler, from present participle of regere, to rule; see reg- in Indo-European roots

OTHER FORMS:
regent·al  (-jn-tl) KEY (Adjective)