REGENT

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, ND (city, FIPS 66020)
  Location: 46.42271 N, 102.55759 W
  Population (1990): 268 (142 housing units)
  Area: 1.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Zip code(s): 58650
    

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
    

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.