·adj Ruling; governing; regnant.
II. Regent ·adj Exercising vicarious authority.
III. Regent ·adj One who rules or reigns; a governor; a ruler.
IV. Regent ·adj One of a governing board; a trustee or overseer; a superintendent; a curator; as, the regents of the Smithsonian Institution.
V. Regent ·adj Especially, one invested with vicarious authority; one who governs a kingdom in the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign.
VI. Regent ·adj 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.