regent's

Acting sovereign's possession

Regent's is the possessive form of regent, a person who governs in place of a monarch.

It appears most often in proper names: Regent's Park in London, Regent's Canal, Regent's University.

These reference George, Prince Regent, who ruled Britain while his father George III was incapacitated.

Outside proper names, regent's indicates something belonging to or associated with a regent: the regent's authority, the regent's decree.

royal

park

Public leisure grounds

  • streetPublic urban roadway
  • canalDug water passage
  • crownSovereign's ornamental headpiece

throne · monarchy · palace · sovereign · rule · governance · prince · interregnum · succession · coronation

london

university

Higher education institution

  • collegeHigher education institution
  • campusInstitutional grounds and buildings
  • streetPublic urban roadway

park · canal · terrace · crescent · Nash · Marylebone · West End · tube · station · promenade

academic

university

Higher education institution

diploma · graduation · campus · faculty · lecture · enrollment · humanities · theology · seminary · institution

Opposites
legitimacy of rule

regent'smonarch's

Of a reigning ruler

king's · queen's · sovereign's · emperor's · empress's

position in power hierarchy

regent'ssubject's

Belonging to the matter

vassal's · commoner's · citizen's · ward's

source of legitimacy

regent'sheir's

Belonging to inheritance recipient

successor's

Phrases
Family

regent, regents

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