regent
41regent — re|gent [ˈri:dʒənt] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: Latin, present participle of regere to rule ] someone who governs instead of a king or queen, because the king or queen is ill, absent, or still a child >regent adj [only after… …
42regent — [14] Regent is one of a large family of English words that go back to Latin regere ‘rule’, a descendant of the Indo European base reg ‘move in a straight line’, hence ‘direct, guide, rule’. Others include correct, direct, dirge, erect, rector,… …
43regent — noun (C) someone who governs instead of a king or queen ruling who is ill, absent, or still a child regent adjective (only after noun): the Prince Regent …
44regent — UK [ˈriːdʒ(ə)nt] / US [ˈrɪdʒənt] noun [countable] Word forms regent : singular regent plural regents someone who governs a country in the place of a king or queen who is ill, young, or not available to govern …
45regent — [14] Regent is one of a large family of English words that go back to Latin regere ‘rule’, a descendant of the Indo European base reg ‘move in a straight line’, hence ‘direct, guide, rule’. Others include correct, direct, dirge, erect, rector,… …
46Regent — Gebieter; König; Monarch; Herrscher; Machthaber; Souverän; Potentat; Herr * * * Re|gent [re gɛnt], der; en, en, Re|gen|tin [re gɛntɪn], die; , nen: 1. mit der Regierungsgewalt ausgestattete Person (in Monarchien). Syn …
47Regent — Re·gẹnt der; en, en; 1 ein regierender König oder Kaiser 2 jemand, der für einen König usw regiert, weil dieser krank, zu alt oder zu jung ist || K: Prinzregent || NB: der Regent; den, dem, des Regenten || hierzu Re·gẹn·tin die; , nen;… …
48regent — [[t]ri͟ːʤ(ə)nt[/t]] regents N COUNT A regent is a person who rules a country when the king or queen is unable to rule, for example because they are too young or too ill …
49regènt — ênta in énta m (ȅ é, ẹ) 1. v monarhističnih državah kdor ima začasno funkcije, naloge vladarja, ki zaradi mladoletnosti, bolezni ne more vladati, namestnik: določiti mladoletnemu kralju regenta / eden od treh regentov je odstopil 2. zastar.… …
50regent — a, regènt, o n. régente …
