Other forms: regents
A regent is someone ruling for a monarch too young or unable. The prince regent, act as regent, a regency council.
The arrangement is a standing invitation to trouble, since the regent holds power they must give back. The British Regency of 1811 to 1820 gave its name to a style of architecture and furniture. The Latin regens means ruling.
1nounregentSomeone ruling for a monarch too young or unable.
“The king was only six, so his uncle ruled as regent.”
regent is a ruler.
Latin regens is the present participle of regere, to rule. Regime, regal and rector come from the same ruling.
Proto-Indo-European
*h₃reǵ-
Latin
regēns — ruling; ruler, governor, prince
Middle French
regent
Anglo-Norman
regent
Middle English
regent
English, today
regent
Built from
From Middle English regent, from Anglo-Norman regent, Middle French regent, and their source, Latin regēns (“ruling; ruler, governor, prince”), present participle of regō (“to govern, to steer”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA