regent

From Middle English regent, from Anglo-Norman regent, Middle French regent, and their source, Latin regēns (“ruling; ruler, governor, prince”), present participle of regō (“I govern, I steer”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹiːd͡ʒənt/

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regent (plural regents)

1. (now rare) A ruler. [from 15th c.]
2. One who rules in place of the monarch, especially because the monarch is too young, absent, or disabled. [from 15th c.]
3. (now chiefly historical) A member of a municipal or civic body of governors, especially in certain European cities. [from 16th c.]
   • 1999, Philipp Blom, translating Geert Mak, Amsterdam: A Brief Life of the City, Vintage 2001, p. 139:

     This perception, however, does no justice to the regents of the city of Amsterdam.

4. (Scotland, Canada, US) A member of governing board of a college or university; also a governor of the Smithsonian Institute in Washington DC. [from 18th c.]
5. (Indonesia) The chief executive of a regency

• prince regent

regent (comparative more regent, superlative most regent)

1. Ruling; governing; regnant.
   • a. 1677, Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature, London: […] William Godbid, for William Shrowsbery, […], published 1677, OCLC 42005461:

     Some other active regent principle […] which we call the soul.

2. Exercising vicarious authority.
   • 1667, John Milton, “(please specify the book number)”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554:

     the regent powers

• regent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• regent in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911

• Engert, Genter, gerent

From Latin regēns.

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /rəˈʒent/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /rəˈʒen/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /reˈd͡ʒent/
• Rhymes: -ent

regent (feminine regenta, masculine plural regents, feminine plural regentes)

1. regent, governing

regent m or f (plural regents)

1. regent

• regentar

From German Regent.

• IPA^(key): [ˈrɛɡɛnt]

regent m anim

1. regent (one who rules in place of the monarch)

• See režim

• regent in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• regent in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Via German Regent and French régent from Latin regēns, a present participle of the verb Latin regō (“to rule”) (whence Danish regere).

• IPA^(key): [ʁɛˈɡ̊ɛnˀd̥]

regent c (singular definite regenten, plural indefinite regenter)

1. (politics) a monarch, a regent (one who rules)

• “regent” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Middle Dutch regent, from Middle French regent, from Old French regent, from Latin regēns.

• IPA^(key): /rəˈɣɛnt/, /reːˈɣɛnt/

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• Hyphenation: re‧gent
• Rhymes: -ɛnt

regent m (plural regenten, diminutive regentje n, feminine regentes)

1. regent, acting head of state in a monarch's place
2. (Belgium) A secondary school teacher whose non-university degree only qualifies to teach in the lower grades.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• IPA^(key): /ˈreːɣənt/

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regent

1. second- and third-person singular present indicative of regenen
2. (archaic) plural imperative of regenen

• tenger

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈre.ɡent/, [ˈrɛɡɛn̪t̪]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈre.d͡ʒent/, [ˈrɛːd͡ʒen̪t̪]

regent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of regō

From Old French regent, see below.

regent m (plural regens)

1. regent

• → English: regent
• French: régent

• regent on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

From Latin regens.

regent m (definite singular regenten, indefinite plural regenter, definite plural regentene)

1. a regent, monarch, ruler

• prinsregent

• “regent” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “regent” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

From Latin regens.

regent m (definite singular regenten, indefinite plural regentar, definite plural regentane)

1. a regent, monarch, ruler

• prinsregent

• “regent” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Latin regēns (“ruling, as a noun, a ruler, governor, prince”); present participle of regō (“I govern, I steer”).

regent m (oblique plural regens, nominative singular regens, nominative plural regent)

1. regent (one who reigns in the absence of a monarch)

• Middle French: regent
  • → English: regent
  • French: régent

Borrowed from German Regent, from French régent, from Middle French regent, from Old French regent, from Latin regēns.

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛ.ɡɛnt/

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• Rhymes: -ɛɡɛnt
• Syllabification: re‧gent

regent m pers (feminine regentka)

1. regent (one who rules in place of the monarch)
2. (historical) an official in charge of a royal chancellery, a secretary to the chancellor or the sub-chancellor; also: an official looking after the chancellery and court archives

• regent in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• regent in Polish dictionaries at PWN

From French regent, from Latin régens.

regent m (plural regenți)

1. regent

regent c

1. a monarch or a regent, one who rules

• regnet