Category:Regent

Re"gent (r"jent), a. Etym: [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, n.

Regent Re"gent, n. Etym: [f. régent. See regent, a.]

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.)

Defn: 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 (zoöl.), 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.