Definition of regent
- a. - Ruling; governing; regnant.
- a. - Exercising vicarious authority.
- a. - One who rules or reigns; a governor; a ruler.
- a. - Especially, one invested with vicarious authority; one who
governs a kingdom in the minority, absence, or disability of the
sovereign.
- a. - One of a governing board; a trustee or overseer; a
superintendent; a curator; as, the regents of the Smithsonian
Institution.
- a. - 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.