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regent

noun
🔊/ˈriːdʒənt/
🔊/ˈriːdʒənt/
(also Regent)
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  1. a person who rules a country because the king or queen is too young, old, ill, etc.摄政者；摄政王
    • to act as regent担任摄政王
    Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin regent- ‘ruling’, from the verb regere.

regent

adjective
🔊/ˈriːdʒənt/
🔊/ˈriːdʒənt/
(also Regent)
[after noun]
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  1. used after a noun such as prince or queen to show that the prince or queen is ruling a country because the real king or queen is too young, old, ill, etc.
    • the Prince Regent摄政王