Regan
[ree-guh n]
- (in Shakespeare's King Lear) the younger of Lear's two faithless daughters.Compare Cordelia(def 1), Goneril.
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Contemporary Examples
On the morning of November 25, Regan advised Poindexter to be prepared to step down as national security advisor.
How the Reagan White House Bungled Its Response to Iran-Contra RevelationsMalcolm Byrne
November 3, 2014
Also attending was Regan, who told investigators the president had been “crestfallen” at hearing about the diversion.
How the Reagan White House Bungled Its Response to Iran-Contra RevelationsMalcolm Byrne
November 3, 2014
He spoke to Reagan, Bush, Regan, McFarlane, Poindexter, and perhaps others.
How the Reagan White House Bungled Its Response to Iran-Contra RevelationsMalcolm Byrne
November 3, 2014
Already, a Major League Soccer team has developed a model “with a really solid accuracy for injury prevention,” Regan said.
News Corp. quickly paid $10.7 million to settle the case, pushed in part by reports that Regan had taped the conversation.
Historical Examples
Enters Kent, and at this moment the corpses of Goneril and Regan are brought in.
Tolstoy on ShakespeareLeo Tolstoy
Think what it must be to be papa to a Goneril and a Regan,—without the Cordelia.
The Struggles of Brown, Jones, and RobinsonAnthony Trollope
The words were harsh, and she was a very Regan to utter them.
The Struggles of Brown, Jones, and RobinsonAnthony Trollope
"But listen again, as man to man," says Regan, patient and crafty and desperate.
"It is marching music like the bands of armies," says Regan.