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āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
regent
/ÉšËiËdâĘÉnt/
Regent
01
āĻ°āĻŋāĻā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ, āĻļāĻžāĻ¸āĻ
a person appointed to govern a state, province, or colony as the representative of a monarch in the monarch's absence, minority, or incapacity
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The regent ruled the kingdom with wisdom and diligence while the king recovered from illness.
āĻ°āĻŋāĻā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ āĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻļā§āĻ°āĻŽā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§ āĻ°āĻžāĻā§āĻ¯ āĻļāĻžāĻ¸āĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¯āĻāĻ¨ āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻž āĻ
āĻ¸ā§āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻ¤āĻž āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻ°ā§ āĻāĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
02
āĻ°āĻŋāĻā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ, āĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ°ā§āĻĄā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻĻāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯
a member of a governing body, such as a board of trustees or directors, with the authority to act on behalf of the organization in certain matters
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The regents voted unanimously to approve the construction of a new research facility on campus.
āĻ°āĻŋāĻā§āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻ¸ āĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāĻ¸ā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻŦā§āĻˇāĻŖāĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ§āĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻŖā§āĻ° āĻ
āĻ¨ā§āĻŽā§āĻĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¸āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻŽāĻ¤āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻā§āĻ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
regent
01
āĻ°āĻŋāĻā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ, āĻļāĻžāĻ¸āĻ
acting or functioning as a regent or ruler
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
