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REGENT
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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:
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:
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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