Topic: GOVERNMENT
| Date: | 1300-1400 |
| Language: | Old French |
| Origin: | Latin, present participle of regere 'to rule' |
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re‧gent
[countable]
[countable]PG someone who governs instead of a king or queen, because the king or queen is ill, absent, or still a child
—regent adjective [only after noun]
the Prince Regent
the Prince Regent