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regent::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | trustee |
| Type of | committee member |
regent::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Derivation | regency |
prince-regent.
Examples of regent
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Pericles leaves Helicanus as regent and sails to Tarsus, a city beset by famine.
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Being wary of his old age, King Dashrath wanted to install Ram as Prince regent.
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Regent Denise Ilitch, whose father, Mike, owns the Wings, abstained from voting.
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In 1507, Phillip died and Ferdinand returned once again to be regent for Joanna.
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Birgitta Gustafsdotter was the sister of Sten Sture the Elder, regent of Sweden.
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Adelaide continued as regent to her younger son Roger, who was just 9 years old.
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In the absence of a regent, the cortes named Espartero to that post in May 1841.
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Hostilian remained in Rome and the empress Herennia Etruscilla was named regent.
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Because of Louis's youth, his mother ruled France as regent during his minority.
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- Members of a governing board
- Regent(ip): acting or functioning as a regent or ruler; "prince-regent"
- Someone who rules during the absence or incapacity or minority of the country's monarch
- (regency) the period of time during which a regent governs
- (regency) the period from 1811-1820 when the Prince of Wales was regent during George III's periods of insanity
- A regent, from the Latin regens "that who reigns", is a person selected to act as head of state (ruling or not) because the ruler is a minor, not present, or debilitated.
- Regent is a dark-skinned inter-specific hybrid grape variety, used for making wine. It has both European (Vitis vinifera) and American vine species in its pedigree and a broad resistance against the most significant fungal diseases which affect grapes, such as downy mildew.
- Regent is a trademark for a broad spectrum systemic insecticide containing the active ingredient fipronil. Fipronil is an insecticide discovered and developed by Rhu00F4ne-Poulenc between 1985-87. It was placed on the market in 1993. Regent's rights have been purchased by BASF. It acts by contact and stomach action on the insect. Fipronil is marketed in many developed and developing countries.
- In the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries, the regenten (the Dutch plural for regent) were the rulers of the Dutch Republic, the leaders of the Dutch cities or the heads of organisations (e.g. "regent of an orphanage"). ...
