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adjectivenoun
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As an adjective, regnant means reigning, ruling.

Meanings of regnant

5 meanings

adjective

  1. Reigning, ruling; currently holding power.

  2. Dominant; holding sway; having particular power or influence.

  3. postpositiveOf a monarch, ruling in one's one right; often contrasted with consort and dowager

    “Queen Elizabeth II reigns as queen regnant, unlike her mother Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.”

  4. Exercising power or authority

    Similar: reigning, ruling

noun

  1. obsoleteA sovereign or ruler.

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

adjective: exercising power or authority
reigningruling

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