All 6 Uses of
regent
in
Arrowsmith
- The terrible thing happened when the Board of Regents were being shown through the campus.†
Chpt 3 *
- The Regents were the supreme rulers of the University; they were bankers and manufacturers and pastors of large churches; to them even the president was humble.†
Chpt 3
- He saw that out of the seven members of the Board of Regents, the four who lived in or near Zenith were present.†
Chpt 12
- President Truscott announced, "Gentlemen, this joint meeting of the Council and the regents is to consider charges against Professor Max Gottlieb preferred by his dean and by myself."†
Chpt 12
- These charges are: Disloyalty to his dean, his president, his regents and to the State of Winnemac.†
Chpt 12
- The chairman of the Board of Regents suggested, "Gottlieb, I think it would simplify things if you just handed us your resignation and permitted us to part in good feeling, instead of having the unpleasant—"†
Chpt 12
Definition:
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(regent) a member of a governing board -- especially at a state university
or:
someone who rules a country temporarily while the king or queen is too young, too sick, or away