Gerent

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A manager. rare

    "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!"

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"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!"

Etymology

From Latin gerēns, present participle of gerō.

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