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ˈreigner rare. [f. reign v. + -er1.] One who reigns, a ruler.
1460J. Capgrave Chron. (Rolls) 52 Here leve we the manere of countyng used befor, where we sette evyr the regner in his last ȝere. 1530Palsgr. 261/2 Reigner in a kyngdome, regnatevr. 1602Carew Cornwall 144 b, Not needing in the Norman Kings new birth to be distinguished with the Raigners number. 1627Speed Eng. etc. Abridged vi. §9 Henry the third, the Normans longest Raigner. 1908Daily Chron. 13 Feb. 4/4 Louis XIV., the record reigner, was never in his life clean all over from the natural exhalations of a monarch's skin. |