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a member of a governing board — especially at a state university
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someone who rules a country temporarily while the king or queen is too young, too sick, or away
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someone who rules a country temporarily while the king or queen is too young, too sick, or away
- I mean the timorous or carping few who doubt the tendency of such books as "Jane Eyre:" in whose eyes whatever is unusual is wrong; whose ears detect in each protest against bigotry — that parent of crime — an insult to piety, that regent of God on earth.Preface (26% in)
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