prince regent

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prince regent

  • /ˌpɹɪns ˈɹiːd͡ʒ(ə)nt/ UK
  • /ˌpɹɪns ˈɹid͡ʒ(ə)nt/ US

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From prince + regent (“one who rules in place of the monarch”).

The plural form princes regent treats the word regent attributively.

noun prince regents · princes regent · princes regents

  1. A prince who rules a country as a regent in place of a monarch who is unfit to rule for a particular reason. Accord betwixt D. Raymond Berenger, Prince Regent of Arragon, with the Templers and Hospitaliers, vpon the teſtament of King D. Alphonſo.

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noun prince who rules a country as a regent

Españolpríncipe regente
日本語摂政皇太子 sesshōkōtaishi
Françaisprince régent
DeutschPrinzregent
Italianoprincipe reggente
Русскийпринц-ре́гент princ-régent

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@misc{prince_regent_2026,
  title = {prince regent},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/prince%20regent},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}