adj ruling; governing; regnant.
2. regent ·adj exercising vicarious authority.
3. regent ·adj one who rules or reigns; a governor; a ruler.
4. regent ·adj one of a governing board; a trustee or overseer; a superintendent; a curator; as, the regents of the smithsonian institution.
5. regent ·adj especially, one invested with vicarious authority; one who governs a kingdom in the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign.
6. regent ·adj 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.