1. members of a governing board • Syn: trustee • Derivationally related forms: trust (for: trustee) • Hypernyms: committee member • Member Holonyms: governing board 2. someone who rules during the absence or incapacity or minority of the country's monarch • Hypernyms: ruler, swayer • Instance Hyponyms: Catherine de Medicis
II - adjective
acting or functioning as a regent or ruler - prince-regent • Similar to: powerful • Derivationally related forms: regency • Usage Domain: combining form