regnant
/ˈɹɛɡnənt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.71 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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."
- "Queen Elizabeth II reigned as queen regnant, unlike her mother Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother."
- "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—[…]"
Etymology
From Middle English regnant, reignant, from Middle French regnant, régnant, and its source, Latin rēgnāns, the present participle of regnāre.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: regnant, rēgnāns
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈɹɛɡnənt/