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Webster 1913 Edition

Regent

Re′gent

(r?′jent)
,
Adj.
[L.
regens
,
-entis
, p. pr. of
regere
to rule: cf. F.
régent
. See
Regiment
.]
1.
Ruling; governing; regnant.
“Some other active regent principle . . . which we call the soul.”
Sir M. Hale.
2.
Exercising vicarious authority.
Milton.
Queen regent
.
See under
Queen
,
Noun.

Re′gent

,
Noun.
[F.
régent
. See
Regent
,
Adj.
]
1.
One who rules or reigns; a governor; a ruler.
Milton.
2.
Especially, one invested with vicarious authority; one who governs a kingdom in the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign.
3.
One of a governing board; a trustee or overseer; a superintendent; a curator;
as, the
regents
of the Smithsonian Institution
.
4.
(Eng.Univ.)
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.
Regent bird
(Zool.)
,
a beautiful Australian bower bird (
Sericulus melinus
). The male has the head, neck, and large patches on the wings, bright golden yellow, and the rest of the plumage deep velvety black; – so called in honor of the Prince of Wales (afterward George IV.), who was Prince Regent in the reign of George III.
–
The Regents of the University of the State of New York
,
the members of a corporate body called the University of New York. They have a certain supervisory power over the incorporated institution for Academic and higher education in the State.

Webster 1828 Edition

Regent

RE'GENT

,
Adj.
[L. regens, from rego, to rule.
1.
Ruling; governing; as a regent principle.
2.
Exercising vicarious authority.
Queen regent, a queen who governs; opposed to queen consort.

RE'GENT

, n.
1.
A governor; a ruler; in a general sense; as Uriel, regent of the sun.
2.
One invested with vicarious authority; one who governs a kingdom in the minority, absence or disability of the king.
3.
In colleges, a teacher of arts and sciences, having pupils under his care, generally of the lower classes; those who instruct the higher classes being called professors.
4.
In English universities, a master of arts under five years standing, and a doctor under two.
5.
In the state of New york, the member of a corporate body which is invested with the superintendence of all the colleges, academies and schools in the state. This board consists of twenty one members, who are called 'the regents of the university of the state of New York.' They are appointed and removable by the legislature. They have power to grant acts of incorporation for colleges, to visit and inspect all colleges, academies and schools, and to make regulations for governing the same.

Definition 2024

Regent

Regent

See also: regent and régent

English

Proper noun

Regent

  1. A city in North Dakota.

Noun

Regent ‎(plural Regents)

  1. (Britain) a member of the British Royal Family who rules in a de facto fashion because the official king or queen is unable to do so for whatever reason.

Anagrams

German

Etymology 1

From Late Latin regēns.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʀeˈɡɛnt/
  • Hyphenation: Re‧gent

Noun

Regent m ‎(genitive Regenten, plural Regenten, feminine Regentin)

  1. regent (ruler)
  2. regent (one who rules in place of the monarch)
Declension
Derived terms
  • Regentschaft
  • Prinzregent
Descendants

Etymology 2

Borrowing from English regent.

Noun

Regent m ‎(genitive Regents, plural Regents)

  1. regent (member of governing board of a college or university in an English-speaking country)
    • 1796, Annalen der Brittischen Geschichte des Jahrs 1794. Als eine Fortsetzung des Werks England und Italien von J. W. v. Archenholz. Dreyzehnter Band., Tübingen, p. 88 (books.google):
      Ein Regent, ein Nicht-Regent, ein Master of Arts, und ein Nicht-Graduirter giengen als Abgeordnete nach London, um Priestley im Namen ihrer Academischen Mitbürger dies Schreibzeug zu überreichen[.]
    • 1828, Heinrich Meidinger, Reisen durch Großbritannien und Irland vorzüglich in topographischer, kommerzieller und statistischer Hinsicht. Neuestes Handbuch für Reisende durch die drei vereinigten Königreiche England, Schottland und Irland. Erster Band. England und Wales, mit einer Karte., Frankfurt am Main, p. 220 (books.google):
      Der Senat besteht aus allen Doktoren und Magistern (Masters of arts) der Universität, und theilt sich in 2 Abtheilungen (houses), nemlich Regents oder White hoods (die noch nicht 5 Jahre Masters of arts sind) und Non-Regents oder Black hoods (die wohl Masters of arts, aber noch keine Doktoren sind).
    • 1842, K. F. H. Marx, Erinnerungen an England. 1841., Braunschweig, p. 233 (books.google):
      Der Senat ist in zwei Klassen oder Häuser, in die Regents und Non-Regents abgetheilt.
    • 2013, Wolfgang Hoffmann-Riem, Zur Bedeutung der Grundrechte für eine rechtstaatliche Polizei, in: Qualitätssicherung in Studium und Lehre edited by Hartmut Brenneisen, Dirk Staack, Elise Ruppel, Lit Verlag, p. 52 (books.google):
      Vielmehr hatten einige Studenten einen Tisch zum Verkauf von Büchern – auch solchen mit politischem, aber keineswegs radikalem, Inhalt - auf dem Campus aufstellen wollen und die Regents der Universität – nach deutschem Verständnis eine Art Hochschulrat - verboten dies: die Universität müsse frei von Politik gehalten werden.
Declension
Related terms
  • Non-Regent

Etymology 3

Probably from French régent or English regent.

Noun

Regent m ‎(genitive Regents, no plural)

  1. Regent (a hybrid grape)
    • 2002, Dirk Glebe, EW Edition Weinwissen: Deutscher Wein für Anfänger, p. 32 (books.google):
      Regent
      Die Sorte Regent gehört zu den erfolgreichsten Züchtungen der jüngeren Vergangenheit. [...] Im Jahr 1999 waren bereits mehr als 300 Hektar mit Regent bestockt[.]
    • 2006, Wolfgang Staudt, Fünfzig Rotweine, die Sie kennen sollten, Westend Verlag, p. 192 (books.google):
      49 Regent
      Die Rebsorte Regent liefert Weine mit einer intensiven Rotfärbung, einem Aroma, das an rote, seltener an schwarze Beerenfrucht und Kirschen erinnert.
Declension
Derived terms
  • Regent-Wein

Related terms

regent

regent

See also: Regent and régent

English

Noun

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. (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.]

Related terms

Translations

Adjective

regent ‎(comparative more regent, superlative most regent)

  1. Ruling; governing; regnant.
    • Sir M. Hale
      Some other active regent principle […] which we call the soul.
  2. Exercising vicarious authority.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Milton to this entry?)

External links

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

Anagrams

Catalan

Adjective

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

  1. regent, governing

Noun

regent m ‎(plural regents)

  1. regent

Danish

Noun

regent c (singular definite regenten, plural indefinite regenter)

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

Related terms

Dutch

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈreːɣənt/

Verb

regent

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

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rəˈɣɛnt/
  • Rhymes: -ɛnt

Noun

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

  1. regent

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

regent

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of regō

Middle French

Etymology

Old French regent, see below.

Noun

regent m (plural regens)

  1. regent

Descendants

References

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

Old French

Etymology

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

Noun

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

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

Declension

Descendants

Swedish

Noun

regent c

  1. a monarch or a regent, one who rules

Declension

Inflection of regent 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative regent regenten regenter regenterna
Genitive regents regentens regenters regenternas

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɹiːdʒənt/

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