Meaning

noun members of a governing board

noun someone who rules during the absence or incapacity or minority of the country's monarch

adjective acting or functioning as a regent or ruler

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

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