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We think the answer is "REGENT" which means:
- noun
- • Members of a governing board
- • Someone who rules during the absence or incapacity or minority of the country's monarch adjective satellite
- • Acting or functioning as a regent or ruler adjective
- • Ruling; governing; regnant.
- • Exercising vicarious authority.
An example sentence would be:
- • "The queen appointed her sister as regent during her absence."
- • "The council elected a regent to govern the kingdom temporarily."
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