Clues for the word "REGENT"
We've had 45 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 82 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Mirror Mini crossword on February 23, 2026.
Definition of regent
- a. - Ruling; governing; regnant.
- a. - Exercising vicarious authority.
- a. - One who rules or reigns; a governor; a ruler.
- a. - Especially, one invested with vicarious authority; one who governs a kingdom in the minority, absence, or disability of the sovereign.
- a. - One of a governing board; a trustee or overseer; a superintendent; a curator; as, the regents of the Smithsonian Institution.
- 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.
Referring Clues
- Sovereign's stand-in
- University official
- Shopping street in London's West End
- Governor
- Substitute scepter-wielder
- College leader
- Ruler
- Substitute ruler
- University officer
- College bigshot
- College board member
- University big shot
- Royal proxy
- King's stand-in
- King's sub
- University rule-setter
- Temporary ruler
- University V.I.P.
- Prince ______Inlet, North-west Territories
- Appointed ruler
- Sovereign's sub
- Acting in place of a ruler
- Monarch's substitute
- University VIP
- Trustee
- Acting monarch
- Stand-in for a king
- College official
- Temporary monarch
- Ruler, for example, fills the breach
- Someone ruling on behalf of another
- Ruling
- Ruler during monarch's minority
- Stand-in monarch
- Ruler standing in for monarch
- Ruler's stand-in
- Soak outside toilet on plane, say, finding way through central London
- Administrator, for example, included in the rent
- Ruling monarch overthrown by well-born chap
- Monarch's stand-in
- Interim ruler
- Royal stand-in
- King’s stand-in
- Effective ruler of the street?
- Acting ruler
Last Seen In
- Mirror Mini - February 23, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - June 24, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - March 08, 2025
- Mirror Mini - February 23, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - January 08, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - December 05, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - September 12, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - September 11, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - June 05, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - March 09, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - January 12, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - April 27, 2023
- Evening Standard Quick - December 16, 2022
- Penny Dell Sunday - December 03, 2017
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - November 28, 2017
- Wall Street Journal - November 03, 2017
- Netword - May 28, 2017
- Mirror Mini - February 23, 2017
- Evening Standard Quick - January 05, 2017
- Guardian Cryptic - September 26, 2016
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - September 19, 2016
- USA Today - June 15, 2016
- Universal - December 24, 2015
- New York Times - August 09, 2015
- LA Times Sunday - May 24, 2015
- LA Times Sunday - February 15, 2015
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - August 27, 2014
- Canadiana - May 26, 2014
- LA Times Sunday - May 25, 2014
- Netword - December 15, 2013
- And in 52 more crossword puzzles...