adjective, exercising rule: reigning, having the chief power: dominant, of common or widespread occurrence
Washington ought to cast its eyes toward Europe, where mail delivery is one of the few areas where privatization is regnant.
Regnant, the etymology of "regnant" is fairly straightforward: English speakers borrowed the word sometime around 1600 from Latin. "Regnant" is derived from the Latin verb reengage, meaning to "to reign." Regnare, in turn, traces back to the noun regnum, meaning "reign," which derives from rex, the Latin word for "kind." Other descendants of regnum include "interregnum" ("a period between two successive reigns or regimes"), "regnal" ("of or relating to a kind or his reign"), and even "reign" itself.
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karen charlie and enzo
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