Regent Meaning in French

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1. (a.) Exercising vicarious authority.
2. (a.) 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.
3. (a.) Ruling; governing; regnant.
4. (a.) Especially, one invested with vicarious authority; one who governs a kingdom in the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign.
5. (a.) One of a governing board; a trustee or overseer; a superintendent; a curator; as, the regents of the Smithsonian Institution.
6. (a.) One who rules or reigns; a governor; a ruler.

1. () A famous diamond of fine quality, which weighs about 137 carats and is among the state jewels of France. It is so called from the Duke of Orleans, Regent of France, to whom it was sold in 1717 by Pitt the English Governor of Madras (whence also called the Pitt diamond), who bought it of an Indian merchant in 1701.