regnant
/ˈɹɛɡnənt/
regnant adjective: reigning, ruling; currently holding power.
Adjective
regnant (not comparable)
- Reigning, ruling; currently holding power.
- The people are now the State, their will is the regnant will, and that will has this characteristic — it loves principles, it hates compromises; and the principles it loves must be regulative, fit to be applied to the work and guidance of life.1910, A. M. Fairbairn, Studies in Religion and Theology, page 99
- Dominant; holding sway; having particular power or influence.
- The doors of his temples were kept open in time of war, the time in which the ideas of contradiction and conflict are most naturally regnant.2010, Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22, Atlantic, published 2011, page 7
- of a monarch, ruling in one's own right; often contrasted with consort and dowager
- Queen Elizabeth II reigned as queen regnant, unlike her mother Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.
Noun
regnant (plural regnants)
- A sovereign or ruler.
- Here are two sovereigns in the land, a regnant and a claimant—that is enough of one good thing—but if any one wants more, he may find a king in every peel-house in the country; so if we lack government, it is not for lack of governors—[…]1820, [Walter Scott], chapter XI, in The Abbot. […], volume II, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne & Co.] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and for Archibald Constable and Company, and...
regnant meaning in Tamil and Kannada
regnant in Tamil
- பரவலான, பரவியிருக்கும், ஆட்சி புரியும், கோலோச்சும், அதிகாரம் செலுத்தும், கட்டுப்படுத்தும்
regnant in Kannada
- ಆಳುತ್ತಿರುವ, ಆಳುವ, ಪ್ರಧಾನ, ಪ್ರಚಲಿತವಾದ
Forms of regnant
| plural | regnants |
|---|
Origin of regnant
From Middle English regnant, reignant, from Middle French regnant, régnant, and its source, Latin rēgnāns, the present participle of regnāre.
Words formed from regnant
Phrases with regnant
Words that rhyme with regnant
Questions about regnant
- What does regnant mean?
- Regnant means reigning, ruling; currently holding power.
- What is regnant in Tamil?
- Regnant in Tamil is பரவலான, பரவியிருக்கும், ஆட்சி புரியும். See Regnant meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is regnant?
- Regnant can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce regnant?
- Regnant is pronounced /ˈɹɛɡnənt/ (UK).
Words near regnant in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: regnant (page history and authors); regnant (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); regnant (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-regnant.wav.
Cite this entry: “regnant.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/regnant. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.