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Governor general
Governor general Gov"ern*or gen"er*al
A governor who has lieutenant or deputy governors under him;
as, the governor general of Canada, of India.
Governorship
Governorship Gov"ern*or*ship, n.
The office of a governor.
Lieutenant governorLieutenant Lieu*ten"ant (l[-u]*t[e^]n"ant), n. [F., fr. lieu
place + tenant holding, p. pr. of tenir to hold, L. tenere.
See Lieu, and Tenant, and cf. Locum Tenens.]
1. An officer who supplies the place of a superior in his
absence; a representative of, or substitute for, another
in the performance of any duty.
The lawful magistrate, who is the vicegerent or
lieutenant of God. --Abp.
Bramhall.
2.
(a) A commissioned officer in the army, next below a
captain.
(b) A commissioned officer in the British navy, in rank
next below a commander.
(c) A commissioned officer in the United States navy, in
rank next below a lieutenant commander.
Note: Lieutenant is often used, either adjectively or in
hyphened compounds, to denote an officer, in rank next
below another, especially when the duties of the higher
officer may devolve upon the lower one; as, lieutenant
general, or lieutenant-general; lieutenant colonel, or
lieutenant-colonel; lieutenant governor, etc.
Deputy lieutenant, the title of any one of the deputies or
assistants of the lord lieutenant of a county. [Eng.]
Lieutenant colonel, an army officer next in rank above
major, and below colonel.
Lieutenant commander, an officer in the United States navy,
in rank next below a commander and next above a
lieutenant.
Lieutenant general. See in Vocabulary.
Lieutenant governor.
(a) An officer of a State, being next in rank to the
governor, and, in case of the death or resignation of
the latter, himself acting as governor. [U. S.]
(b) A deputy governor acting as the chief civil officer of
one of several colonies under a governor general.
[Eng.] Relay governor
Relay governor Relay governor
A speed regulator, as a water-wheel governor, embodying the
relay principle. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Subgovernor
Subgovernor Sub*gov"ern*or, n.
A subordinate or assistant governor.
Meaning of Governor from wikipedia
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governor, governess, or
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polity or political...
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lieutenant governor, lieutenant-
governor, or vice
governor is a high
officer of state,
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Often a lieutenant...
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deputy governor is a
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authority after the
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rather like a
lieutenant governor. In the
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chief executive officer of India's
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acting governor is a
person who acts in the role of
governor. In
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governor is a vice-regal position, the role of...
- In India, a
governor is the
constitutional head of a
state in
India that has
similar powers and
functions at the
state level as
those of the President...
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gubernatorial in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A
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governor of
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government of the U.S.
state of California. The
governor is the commander-in-chief of the
California National...
- The
governor of
Florida is the head of
government of the U.S.
state of Florida. The
governor is the head of the
executive branch of the
government of Florida...
- The
United States has 50
states and 5
territories that each
elect a
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