Meaning & use
regnant
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Currently reigning or ruling, or widely prevalent and dominant at a particular time.
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Queen Victoria was queen regnant of the United Kingdom for over sixty years.
The theory was regnant in economics for much of the twentieth century.
A note on using this word
Most often seen in the phrase 'queen regnant,' distinguishing a queen who rules in her own right from a 'queen consort,' the wife of a king.
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