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interrex
(ˌɪntəˈrɛks)n, pl interreges (ˌɪntəˈriːdʒiːz)
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a person who governs during an interregnum; provisional ruler
[C16: from Latin, from inter- + rēx king]
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