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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. members of a governing board;
[syn: regent, trustee]

2. someone who rules during the absence or incapacity or minority of the country's monarch;


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. acting or functioning as a regent or ruler;
- Example: "prince-regent"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Regent \Re"gent\ (r?"jent), a. [L. regens, -entis, p. pr. of regere to rule: cf. F. r['e]gent. See Regiment.] 1. Ruling; governing; regnant. "Some other active regent principle . . . which we call the soul." --Sir M. Hale. [1913 Webster] 2. Exercising vicarious authority. --Milton. [1913 Webster] Queen regent. See under Queen, n. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Regent \Re"gent\, n. [F. r['e]gent. See Regent, a.] 1. One who rules or reigns; a governor; a ruler. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Especially, one invested with vicarious authority; one who governs a kingdom in the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign. [1913 Webster] 3. One of a governing board; a trustee or overseer; a superintendent; a curator; as, the regents of the Smithsonian Institution. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Regent bird (Zool.), 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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

regent adj 1: acting or functioning as a regent or ruler; "prince- regent" n 1: members of a governing board [syn: regent, trustee] 2: someone who rules during the absence or incapacity or minority of the country's monarch
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856):

REGENT. 1. A ruler, a governor. The term is usually applied to one who governs a regency, or rules in the place of another. 2. In the canon law, it signifies a master or professor of a college. Dict. du Dr. Call. h.t. 3. It sometimes means simply a ruler, director, or superintendent; as, in New York, where the board who have the superintendence of all the colleges, academies and schools, are called the regents of the University of the state of New York.
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):

Regent, ND -- U.S. city in North Dakota Population (2000): 211 Housing Units (2000): 126 Land area (2000): 0.546876 sq. miles (1.416403 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.546876 sq. miles (1.416403 sq. km) FIPS code: 66020 Located within: North Dakota (ND), FIPS 38 Location: 46.421937 N, 102.557208 W ZIP Codes (1990): 58650 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Regent, ND Regent