regent
    adj 1: acting or functioning as a regent or ruler; "prince-
           regent"
    n 1: members of a governing board [syn: regent, trustee]
    2: someone who rules during the absence or incapacity or
       minority of the country's monarch

Regent \Re"gent\ (r?"jent), a. [L. regens, -entis, p. pr. of
   regere to rule: cf. F. r['e]gent. See Regiment.]
   1. Ruling; governing; regnant. "Some other active regent
      principle . . . which we call the soul." --Sir M. Hale.
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   2. Exercising vicarious authority. --Milton.
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   Queen regent. See under Queen, n.
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Regent \Re"gent\, n. [F. r['e]gent. See Regent, a.]
   1. One who rules or reigns; a governor; a ruler. --Milton.
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   2. Especially, one invested with vicarious authority; one who
      governs a kingdom in the minority, absence, or disability
      of the sovereign.
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   3. One of a governing board; a trustee or overseer; a
      superintendent; a curator; as, the regents of the
      Smithsonian Institution.
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   4. (Eng.Univ.) 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.
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   Regent bird (Zool.), 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.
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REGENT. 1. A ruler, a governor. The term is usually applied to one who 
governs a regency, or rules in the place of another. 
     2. In the canon law, it signifies a master or professor of a college. 
Dict. du Dr. Call. h.t. 3. It sometimes means simply a ruler, director, or 
superintendent; as, in New York, where the board who have the 
superintendence of all the colleges, academies and schools, are called the 
regents of the University of the state of New York. 

Regent, ND -- U.S. city in North Dakota
   Population (2000):    211
   Housing Units (2000): 126
   Land area (2000):     0.546876 sq. miles (1.416403 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.546876 sq. miles (1.416403 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            66020
   Located within:       North Dakota (ND), FIPS 38
   Location:             46.421937 N, 102.557208 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     58650
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Regent, ND
    Regent