Home › Words › N › nonregentnonregentnonregent · noun — A master of arts or other subjects whose regency has ceased, and therefore is no longer obliged to lecture.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyFrom non- + regent.nounA master of arts or other subjects whose regency has ceased, and therefore is no longer obliged to lecture.Someone who is not a member of the Board of Regents, especially in the Smithsonian InstitutionDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).