Both Uses of
regent
in
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
- As he stepped up to the cab, he pulled a gold watch from his pocket and looked at it earnestly, 'Drive like the devil,' he shouted, 'first to Gross & Hankey's in Regent Street, and then to the Church of St. Monica in the Edgeware Road.†
Chpt 1
- I had gone up to town about an investment, and I met him in Regent Street with hardly a coat to his back or a boot to his foot.†
Chpt 4 *
Definition:
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
or:
someone who rules a country temporarily while the king or queen is too young, too sick, or away