regent

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun members of a governing board
  2. noun someone who rules during the absence or incapacity or minority of the country's monarch
  3. adjective acting or functioning as a regent or ruler

Etymology

From 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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trustee

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