Thesaurus: regent

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1. a. Ruling; governing; regnant.
2. a. Exercising vicarious authority.
3. a. One who rules or reigns; a governor; a ruler.
4. a. Especially, one invested with vicarious authority; one who governs a kingdom in the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign.
5. a. One of a governing board; a trustee or overseer; a superintendent; a curator; as, the regents of the Smithsonian Institution.
6. 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.
7. adj. acting or functioning as a regent or ruler
8. n. members of a governing board
9. n. someone who rules during the absence or incapacity or minority of the country's monarch
10. 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. 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. (Eng.Univ.) 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.
11. A resident master of arts of less than five years' standing, ora doctor of less than twwo. They were formerly privileged to lecturein the schools. Regent bird (Zoöl.), a beautiful Australian bowerbird (Sericulus melinus). The male has the head, neck, and largepatches on the wings, bright golden yellow, and the rest of theplumage deep velvety black; -- so called in honor of the Prince ofWales (afterward George IV.), who was Prince Regent in the reign ofGeorge III.-- The Regents of the University of the State of New York, themembers of a corporate body called the University of New York. Theyhave a certain supervisory power over the incorporated institutionfor Academic and higher education in the State.
12. n:100 n. members of a governing board n. someone who rules during the absence or incapacity or minority of the country's monarch s. acting or functioning as a regent or ruler