Regent (disambiguation)

A regent is someone appointed to administer a state in the absence, incapacity or minority of the monarch.

Regent may also refer to:

Education

• Regent College, a Christian graduate school in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
• Regent College, Leicester, a form colleges in Leicester, England
• Regent House, the official governing body of the University of Cambridge, England
• Regent House Grammar School, a coeducational grammar school in Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland
• Regent University, a Christian university in Virginia Beach, Virginia, US
• Regents Business School London, a part of Regent's College, England
• Regents External Degree Program (1971–1984) and Regents College (1984–2001), programs of the University of the State of New York
• Regent's College, an educational complex in Regent's Park, London, England
• Regents Examinations, standardized tests given to high school students through the New York State Department of Education
• Regent's Park College, Oxford, a hall in the University of Oxford, England
• Regents School of Austin, a Christian school in Austin, Texas, US
• The Regent's School, an international coeducational boarding school on the eastern seaboard of Thailand
• Regent Secondary School, a government secondary school in Choa Chu Kang, Singapore
• Regents Theological College, a theological college in Nantwich, Cheshire, England

Entertainment industry

• Regent Communications, a radio broadcaster based in Cincinnati, Ohio, US
• Regent Records (UK)
• Regent Records (US)
• Regent Releasing, a theatrical film distribution company
• Regents (punk rock band), a punk rock band formed in 2010
• Regents (quartet), a barbershop quartet
• The Regents, a doo-wop vocal group from New York City, US

Hotels

• Regent Inns, the parent company of Walkabout and Jongleurs/Bar Risa chains
• Regent International Hotels, a luxury hotel chain
• Regent Palace Hotel, a hotel in Glasshouse Street, London, England

Places

• Regent's Canal, canal in London, England
• Regent Centre, business park in Gosforth, near Newcastle, England
• Regent, North Dakota, city in Hettinger County, North Dakota, US
• Regent, Sierra Leone, town in the Western Area Rural District of Sierra Leone.
• Regent Square (Pittsburgh), neighborhood in the East End area of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US

Other companies

• Sands Regent, a casino holding company based in Reno, Nevada, US
• Regent, a name used by Texaco in Britain from 1947 to 1967
• Regent (German brand), German handmade suits manufacturer

Transport

• AEC Regent I, a double-decker bus produced by Associated Equipment Company between 1929 and 1942
• Dodge Regent, an automobile built by Chrysler Corporation of Canada
• HMS Regent, the name of three ships of the English navy or Royal Navy
• Regent Airways, a Bangladeshi airline owned by HG Aviation Ltd
• Regent railway station, a railway station in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
• RFA Regent (A486), an ammunition, explosives, and food stores ship in the Royal Fleet Auxiliary, UK
• Regent, a freighter from the Latvian fleet that fought for the Allies in World War II

Species

• Regent bowerbird, Sericulus chrysocephalus
• Regent honeyeater, Xanthomyza phrygia
• Regent parrot, Polytelis anthopeplus
• Regent whistler, Pachycephala schlegelii

Other uses

• Regent Diamond, a large diamond found in India in 1698, now in the Louvre Museum, France
• Regent (grape), a grape variety
• Pompadour (hairstyle) or regent, a hairstyle
• Regent (insecticide)

See also

• Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel
• Regent Records (disambiguation)
• Regent Seven Seas Cruises, a cruise line based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, US
• Regente Feijó, a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil
• Regenten, the oligarchy that ruled the Dutch Republic