different between gerent vs vicegerent

English

Etymology

Latin ger?ns, present participle of ger?.

Noun

gerent (plural gerents)

1. (rare) A manager.

Derived terms

• vicegerent

Adjective

gerent (not comparable)

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   • 1851, trans. Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Prometheus Bound:

     Yet Zeus, howbeit 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,
     And leave no track behind!

Anagrams

• Genter, Regent, regent

Breton

Noun

gerent

1. Soft mutation of kerent.

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin ger?ns.

Noun

gerent m or f (plural gerents)

1. manager

Further reading

• “gerent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “gerent” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “gerent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “gerent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Latin

Verb

gerent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of ger?

English

Etymology

From Latin vicegerens.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /va?s?d?????nt/

Noun

vicegerent (plural vicegerents)

1. The official administrative deputy of a ruler, head of state, or church official.
   • 1644, Samuel Rutherford, Lex Rex, or The Law and the Prince, 1846, The Presbyterian's Armoury, Volume 3, 211,

     But why are not the kings, even Nero, Julian, Nebuchadnezzar, and Belshazzar, vicegerents of Christ, as mediator, as priest, as redeemer, as prophet, as advocate, presenting our prayers to God his father?

   • 1876, The Month, volume 25, 139,

     In 1574, James, Cardinal Savelli, the Cardinal Vicar, a prelate most exact in sacred and ecclesiastical ceremonies, appointed him his suffragan, or as it would now be termed, Vicegerent.

   • 1944, Raphael Lemkin, Axis Rule in Occupied Europe, 2005 (with new introduction), The Lawbook Exchange, page 100,

     The Vicegerent was appointed by royal Italian decree of April 22, 1939. He represents in Albania the absent King and exercises in his name the rights of sovereignty.

   • 1994, Syed Nawab Haider Naqvi, Islam, Economics, and Society, 2013, Taylor & Francis Group (Routledge), page 25,

     By virtue of his freedom, man can either realize his theomorphic virtuality of being God's vicegerent on earth or deny himself this exalted niche by making the wrong choice.

Usage notes

Not to be confused with viceregent.

Related terms

• vicegerency
• vicegeral
• gerent

Adjective

vicegerent (not comparable)

1. Having or exercising delegated power; acting by substitution, or in the place of another.

Anagrams

• viceregent