Queen regent. See under Queen, n.
Re"gent, n. [F. régent. See Regent, a.] 1. One who rules or reigns; a
governor; a ruler. Milton.
2. Especially, one invested with vicarious authority; one who governs a
kingdom in the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign.
3. One of a governing board; a trustee or overseer; a superintendent; a
curator; as, the regents of the Smithsonian Institution.
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.
Regent bird (Zoöl.), 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.
Re"gent*ess, n. A female regent. [R.] Cotgrave.
Re"gent*ship, n. The office of a regent; regency.
Re*ger"mi*nate (r?*j?r"m?*n?t), v. i. [Pref. re- + germinate: cf. L.
regerminare.] To germinate again.
Perennial plants regerminate several years successively.
J. Lee.
Re*ger`mi*na"tion (-n?"sh?n), n. [L. regerminatio.] A germinating again
or anew.
Re*gest" (r?*j?st"), n. [L. regesta, pl.: cf. OF. regestes, pl. See
Register.] A register. [Obs.] Milton.
Re*get" (r?*g?t"), v. t. To get again.
Re"gi*an (r?"j?-an), n. [L. regius regal.] An upholder of kingly
authority; a royalist. [Obs.] Fuller.
Reg"i*ble (r?j"?*b'l), a. [L. regibilis, from regere to rule.]
Governable; tractable. [Obs.]
Reg"i*ci`dal (r?j"?*s?`dal), a. Pertaining to regicide, or to one
committing it; having the nature of, or resembling, regicide. Bp.
Warburton.
Reg"i*cide (r?j"?*s?d), n. [F. régicide; L. rex, regis, a king +
caedere to kill. Cf. Homicide.] 1. One who kills or who murders a king;
specifically (Eng.Hist.), one of the judges who condemned Charles I. to
death.