Usually means: Temporary ruler during monarch's absence.
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  1. regent: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. regent: Merriam-Webster
  3. regent: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. regent: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. regent: Collins English Dictionary
  6. regent: Vocabulary.com
  7. Regent, regent: Wordnik
  8. regent: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. Regent, regent: Wiktionary
  10. regent: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. regent: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. regent: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Regent, regent: Dictionary.com
  14. regent (n.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. regent: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Regent (German brand), Regent (disambiguation), Regent (grape), Regent (insecticide): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. regent: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  18. REGENT: Dictionary of Americanisms (1848)
  19. Regent: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  20. regent: FreeDictionary.org
  21. regent: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. regent: TheFreeDictionary.com
  23. Regent: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  24. Regent: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  25. regent: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  26. regent: Rhymezone
  27. Regent: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  2. regent: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. regent: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. regent: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. regent: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (now rare) A ruler.
noun:  One who rules in place of the monarch, especially because the monarch is too young, absent, or disabled.
noun:  (now chiefly historical) A member of a municipal or civic body of governors, especially in certain European cities.
noun:  (Scotland, Canada, US) A member of governing board of a college or university; also a governor of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.
noun:  (Indonesia) The chief executive of a regency
adjective:  Ruling; governing; regnant.
adjective:  Exercising vicarious authority.
noun:  A city in North Dakota.

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