Regulator

In scuba diving, a regulator provides a diver with breathing gas at ambient pressure from a diving cylinder
In automatic control, a regulator is a device which has the function of maintaining a designated characteristic. For example, a voltage regulator maintains a constant voltage.
In a steam locomotive a regulator is the lever and associated valve which controls the passage of steam from the boiler to the cylinders.
In social science, a regulator is an official responsible for control and supervision of an activity or area of public interest.
In algebraic number theory, the regulator of a number field is a quantity defined from the group of units. After taking logarithms, it has the interpretation of the volume of a fundamental domain in the lattice of units in 'logarithmic space'.
In physics, a regulator is a construction used in regularization techniques.
A battery regulator is a device in a battery pack which bleeds off excess charge current to let all cells reach full charge without overcharging some cells.
In the British Royal Navy, a Regulator is a naval policeman (or woman), a member of the Royal Navy Regulating Branch.

Regulators could be:-

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Members of the Regulator movement, a small-scale rebellion in North Carolina during the 1760s.
Members of Shays' Rebellion in 1786, also known as Shaysites.
A posse formed during the Lincoln County War in the late 1870s. One of its members was Billy the Kid.

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