regian

See also: regían

English

Etymology

Latin regius (“regal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹiːd͡ʒiən/

Noun

regian (plural regians)

1. (obsolete) An upholder of kingly authority; a royalist.
   • 1655, Thomas Fuller, edited by James Nichols, The Church History of Britain, […], new edition, volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [James Nichols] for Thomas Tegg and Son, […], published 1837, →OCLC:

     This is alleged and urged by our regians to prove the king's paramount power in ecclesiasticis

     The spelling has been modernized.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “regian”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• Aigner, Gainer, Gearin, Reagin, Regina, anigre, earing, gainer, in gear, inrage, raigne, reagin, regain, regina