regent

nouns

members of a governing board
regent, trustee
someone who rules during the absence or incapacity or minority of the country's monarch
regent
is a type of (narrower)
a person who rules or commands
"swayer of the universe"
ruler, swayer

adjectives

acting or functioning as a regent or ruler
"prince-regent"
regent
is derived from
regency
is similar to
having great power or force or potency or effect
"the most powerful government in western Europe"; "his powerful arms"; "a powerful bomb"; "the horse's powerful kick"; "powerful drugs"; "a powerful argument"
powerful
domain usage
a bound form used only in compounds
"`hemato-' is a combining form in words like `hematology'"
combining form