EGAVE

regent

About 2.29 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun One who rules in place of the monarch, especially because the monarch is too young, absent, or disabled. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
  2. noun Any ruler.
  3. noun A member of a municipal or civic body of governors, especially in certain European cities.
  4. noun A member of governing board of a college or university; also a governor of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.
  5. noun The chief executive of a regency.
  6. adjective Ruling; governing; regnant.
  7. adjective Exercising vicarious authority.

Similar words

trustee powerful elder hand morton richland lennox steward governor administrator

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Word family

regental regents

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