1. Someone who rules during the absence, incapacity or minority of the country's monarch
   "The regent governed the kingdom until the young prince came of age"
    
2. [N. Amer] Members of a governing board
   "The university regents met to discuss the new budget proposal";
   - trustee

1. Acting or functioning as a regent or ruler
   "prince-regent"

Derived forms: regents

See also: powerful

Type of: committee member, ruler

Part of: governing board

Encyclopedia: Regent, Royal and Carlton Terrace Garden