Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - regent
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Regent
regent
noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French or Medieval Latin; Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin ~-, regens, from Latin, present participle of regere to direct — more at right Date: 15th century 1. a person who governs a kingdom in the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign 2. a person who rules or reigns ; governor 3. a member of a governing board (as of a state university) • ~ adjective • ~al adjective
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n. & adj. --n. 1 a person appointed to administer a State because the monarch is a minor or is absent or incapacitated. 2 US a member of the governing body of a State university. --adj. (placed after noun) acting as regent (Prince Regent). Phrases and idioms regent-bird an Australian bower bird, Sericulus chrysocephalus. Etymology: ME f. OF regent or L regere rule ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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3.
1. регент 2. редк. правитель 3. член правления (в некоторых американских университетах) 4. ист. риджент (магистр или доктор наук в некоторых университетах) 5. являющийся регентом Queen R. —- королева-регентша 6. редк. правящий ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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(regents) A regent is a person who rules a country when the king or queen is unable to rule, for example because they are too young or too ill. N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ n someone who governs instead of a king or queen ruling who is ill, absent, or still a child - regent adj only after noun (the Prince Regent) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- c.1400, from O.Fr. regent, from M.L. regentem (nom. regens), from L. regens "ruler, governor," also prp. of regere "to rule, direct." Senses of "university faculty member" and "ruler in place of king" are equally old in Eng. Regency first recorded early 15c.; notable instances were France 1715-23, Britain 1810-20, "in each case with suggestion of debauchery." [Weekley] ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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