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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PRINCE REGENT

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Prince regent is a noun.
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WHAT DOES PRINCE REGENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Prince regent

A prince regent, or prince-regent, is a prince who rules a monarchy as regent instead of a monarch, e.g., as a result of the Sovereign's incapacity or absence. While the term itself can have the generic meaning and refer to any prince who fills the role of regent, historically it has mainly been used to describe a small number of individual Princes who were Regents.

Definition of prince regent in the English dictionary

The definition of prince regent in the dictionary is a prince who acts as regent during the minority, disability, or absence of the legal sovereign.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PRINCE REGENT

prince
Prince Albert
Prince Charming
prince consort
Prince Edward Island
Prince Edward Islander
Prince of Darkness
Prince of Peace
Prince of Wales
Prince of Wales Island
prince royal
Prince Rupert
Prince Rupert´s drop
prince´s feather
princedom
princedoms
princehood
princekin
princelet
princelier

WORDS THAT END LIKE PRINCE REGENT

agent
argent
contingent
coregent
detergent
divergent
estate agent
free agent
gent
intelligent
queen regent
reagent
real-estate agent
regent
Sargent
stringent
tangent
travel agent
urgent
viceregent

Synonyms and antonyms of prince regent in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «prince regent» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PRINCE REGENT

Find out the translation of prince regent to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of prince regent from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «prince regent» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

摄政王
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

príncipe regente
570 millions of speakers

English

prince regent
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

प्रिंस रीजेंट
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الأمير الوصي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

принц-регент
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

príncipe Regente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রিন্স রিজেন্ট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

prince régent
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bupati putera
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Prinzregent
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

王子の摂政
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

왕자 의 섭정
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pangeran bupati
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hoàng tử nhiếp chính
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இளவரசர் ரெஜெண்ட்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

राजकुमार रीजेन्ट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Prince naip
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

prince Regent
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

książę regent
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

принц - регент
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

prinț regent
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πρίγκιπας αντιβασιλέας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Prins Regent
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

prince Regent
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Prince Regent
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of prince regent

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PRINCE REGENT»

The term «prince regent» is normally little used and occupies the 116.973 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PRINCE REGENT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about prince regent

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PRINCE REGENT»

Discover the use of prince regent in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to prince regent and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Odes to his royal highness the prince regent, his imperial ...
Robert Southey. - • CONGRATULATORY ODES. <r W. POTLE, I'lll NTKR, 6°7, CHANCERY LAME. ODES • TO.
Robert Southey, 1814
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Sir Francis Burdett's address to the Prince regent ... 7th ...
sir Francis Burdett (5th bart.) SPEECH OF SIR FRANCIS BURBETT. .' I XiV the House of Commons, on the f th of January, 1812, as soon as the Speaker had, according to custom, read the Speech delivered to the two Houses by the Lords ...
sir Francis Burdett (5th bart.), 1812
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Sir Francis Burdett's Address to the Prince Regent, etc. ...
Sir Francis Burdett. Ir \ SPEECH OF SIR FRANCIS BURDETT. IN 'the House of Commons, on the 7th of January, 1812, as soon as the Speaker had, ac, cording to custom, read the Speech delivered to the two Houses by the Lords ...
Sir Francis Burdett, 1812
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An account of the visit of His Royal Highness the Prince ...
On their arrival at the corner of All Souls' College, the two bodies separated. The Chancellor, with the University procession in the same order as before, conducted His Royal Highness the Prince Regent to the Divinity School, which had been ...
University of Oxford, Baron William Wyndham Grenville Grenville, 1815
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A warning letter to His Royal Highness the Prince Regent: ...
intended principally as a call upon the middle ranks at this important crisis Lionel Thomas Berguer. This Day is published, i A * *• . SECOND LETTER TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE REGENT. • By the Rev. L, T. BERGUER.
Lionel Thomas Berguer, 1819
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Sir Francis Burdett's address to the prince regent; as ...
He was happy to think that his Royal Highness the Prince Regent had a short interval before he was entirely freed from the shackles with which he was now loaded, during which he might have leisure to reflect on the different topics to which ...
sir Francis Burdett (5th bart.), 1812
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A Letter Respectfully Addressed to His Royal Highness The ...
16 indeed with a deeper or sincerer, but certainly with a far bitterer sorrow, if we were to find that a principle, which shed so much honour on the British name and nation, had been buried in the same grave with its late revered patroness.
‎1819
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A letter to the prince regent [on the uniformity of weights ...
WEIGHTS. AND. MEASURES. Mersey Mills, near W.irrington, May 20, 1814. IE blessings of peace will divert the mind of ffik from systems of self-defence to those of natioi.'jl improvements; amongst which, perhaps, no single object has greater ...
John Dumbell, 1814
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A warning letter to ... the prince regent, intended ...
Lionel Thomas Berguer. must shortly expect, not only to resign his authority, but also to appear at the bar of his country, to answer the charge of high treason against the People. We must once more express our marked dislike and ...
Lionel Thomas Berguer, 1819
10
Five letters to the prince regent, containing a view of the ...
Samuel Whitcombe. right to expect, in this and the ensuing letters, a degree of impartiality not always to be found in controversial discussions ; and I hope and trust that this expectation will not be disappointed. REGAL OR MONARCHICAL ...
Samuel Whitcombe, 1812

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PRINCE REGENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term prince regent is used in the context of the following news items.
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The Wonder of Britain
... unique oriental design, mixed with tales of fabulous parties and huge excess, perfectly reflects the personality of the playboy Prince Regent, ... «ITV News, Jul 15»
2
Sailing stars all aboard for international racing
In 1820, when the Prince Regent became George IV, Royal was added to the Club's name. The Club's association with the Royal Navy was ... «Daily Echo, Jul 15»
3
Security warnings given to help tackle public transport thefts after …
Friday March 20 - Prince Regent Lane, Newham. Theft of an Apple mobile phone from a 22-year-old woman. Friday, March 20 - High Road, ... «Yellow Advertiser, Jul 15»
4
Dinner fit for a Queen: The secrets of Buckingham Palace's Royal …
At one end of the Marble Hall stands the sculpture Mars and Venus by Antonio Canova, commissioned by the Prince Regent (later George VI) ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
5
Green light for new link to The Lanes
“When the Prince Regent made Brighton fashionable, the modest original cottage was extended upwards and outwards and this development ... «Brighton & Hove Independent, Jul 15»
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Your Friday Gigs: K'fuffle, The Rhythm Collective and Dukes of …
Something Borrowed Duo, The Prince Regent Hotel, Weymouth, 8.30pm: A covers duo featuring Jules and Rob enacting hits from the 1950s ... «Western Gazette, Jul 15»
7
Why Brighton is no longer a liberal playground
The Prince Regent – the party-loving royal son of George III who helped ... of the Royal Pavilion – the Prince Regent's hedonistic holiday home ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
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Cruising down London's most enchanting canal
Named after the Prince Regent (later King George IV), it arches 14 absorbing kilometres between east and west London, cutting through a ... «Daily Life, Jul 15»
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The seven wonders of the English seaside
Built between 1787 and 1823, the Royal Pavilion was initially a seaside retreat for the Prince Regent but is now a tourist attraction visited by 400,000 annually. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
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10 of the world's most beautiful new nature reserves
The new reserve will absorb the existing Prince Regent, Mitchell River and Lawley River national parks to become the biggest national park in ... «CNN, Jul 15»

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