"gerent" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: gerents [plural]
Etymology: From Latin gerēns, present participle of gerō. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|gerēns}} Latin gerēns Head templates: {{en-noun}} gerent (plural gerents)
  1. (rare) A manager. Tags: rare Derived forms: vicegerent
    Sense id: en-gerent-en-noun-ve6bJDtn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1851, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, transl., Prometheus Bound",
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          "ref": "2009, Tariq Ramadan, Islam, the West and the Challenges of Modernity, page 88",
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