regnant
About 0.09 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adjective Reigning, ruling; currently holding power. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
- adjective Dominant; holding sway; having particular power or influence.
- adjective of a monarch, ruling in one's own right; often contrasted with consort and dowager
Queen Elizabeth II reigned as queen regnant, unlike her mother Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.
- noun A sovereign or ruler.
Similar words
reigning ruling powerful coregnant dominant sovereign potentate powerholding crowned supreme
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