gerent

[ jeer-uhnt ]

noun

1. a ruler or manager.

gerent

/ ˈdʒɛrənt /

noun

1. rare.
   a person who rules or manages

Word History and Origins

Origin of gerent¹

1570–80; < Latin gerent- (stem of gerēns ), present participle of gerere to bear, conduct, manage, equivalent to ger- bear + -ent- -ent

Word History and Origins

Origin of gerent¹

C16: from Latin gerēns managing, from gerere to bear

Example Sentences

Gerent, jē′rent, n. one who holds an office, a manager, ruler.—adj.

From Project Gutenberg

Yet Zeus, albeit most absolute of will, Shall turn to meekness,—such a marriage-rite He holds in preparation, which anon Shall thrust him headlong from his gerent seat Adown the abysmal void, and so the curse His father Chronos muttered in his fall, As he fell from his ancient throne and cursed, Shall be accomplished wholly.

From Project Gutenberg

The bitter feelings engendered by the schism were an hindrance to the Church in the west, and Ealdhelm wrote a treatise on the subject in the form of a letter to Gerent, king of Dyfnaint, which brought a number of the Welsh within the West Saxon border to conform to the customs of the Roman Church.

From Project Gutenberg

In the beginning of the battell, one Higelbald a noble man of the Westsaxons part was slaine, but in the end Gerent with his Britains was chased.

From Project Gutenberg

Ina's victory over Gerent set the Dyvnaint frontier yet westward, to the line of the present county of Somerset, which represents the limit of his conquest, the new addition to the territory of the clan of the Sumorsaetas long being named as "Devon in Wessex" by the chroniclers rather than as Somerset.

From Project Gutenberg

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