ETYM French régent. Related to Regent.
1. Members of a governing board; SYN. trustee.
2. Someone who rules during the absence or incapacity or minority of the country's monarch.
Person who carries out the duties of a sovereign during the sovereign's minority, incapacity, or lengthy absence from the country. In England since the time of Henry viii, Parliament has always appointed a regent or council of regency when necessary. + prikaži više