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regent
1. the ruler or administrator of a country during the minority, absence, or incapacity of its monarch
2. (formerly) a senior teacher or administrator in any of certain universities
3. US and Canadian a member of the governing board of certain schools and colleges
4. Rare any person who governs or rules
5. acting or functioning as a regent
6. Rare governing, ruling, or controlling


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His first visit was for Houston, who had a house on Regent Terrace, kept for him in old days by an aunt.
Tales and Fantasies by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context
Philip took him sometimes to the tavern off Regent Street.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
He asked also who was in the coach, whither they were bound and what money they had, and one of the men on horseback replied, "The persons in the coach are my lady Dona Guiomar de Quinones, wife of the regent of the Vicaria at Naples, her little daughter, a handmaid and a duenna; we six servants are in attendance upon her, and the money amounts to six hundred crowns.
Don Quixote by Cervantes, Miguel View in context
 
 
 
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