ETYM Latin, from regere, rectum, to lead straight, to rule: cf. French recteur. Related to Regiment, Right.
1. One that directs; leader.
2. An officer who presides over the administration of a university.
Universitaire qui dirige une académie.
City in Arkansas (USA); zip code 72461.
Anglican priest, formerly entitled to the whole of the tithes levied in the parish, as opposed to a vicar (Latin “deputy”) who was only entitled to part.