regulator

[Eng. regulat ( e ); -or.] I. Ord. Lang.: One who or that which regulates; an administrator, a director. "He now refused to act under the board of regulators, and was deprived of both his commi ions."- Macaulay: Hist. Eng ., ch. viii. IMG:content-0387.png:[blocks in formation] (3) A device for admitting steam in regula table quantity to the valve-chamber of the steam-cylinder. [REGULATOR-BOX.] marine; gō, pot, IMG:content-0388.png:[blocks in formation] rank, or privilege, formerly held, but forfeited for some reason. (Properly a term of the civil and canon law.) 2. To reestablish or re-instate in the esteem of others; to restore to public esteem or respect.