governor

gov·er·nor  (gvr-nr)

n.

1. Abbr. Gov. A person who governs, especially:

a. The chief executive of a state in the United States.

b. An official appointed to govern a colony or territory.

c. A member of a governing body.

2. The manager or administrative head of an organization, business, or institution.

3. Abbr. Gov. A military commandant.

4. Chiefly British Used as a form of polite address for a man.

5. A feedback device on a machine or engine that is used to provide automatic control, as of speed, pressure, or temperature.

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governor [ˈgʌvənə]

n

1. a person who governs

2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the ruler or chief magistrate of a colony, province, etc.

3. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the representative of the Crown in a British colony

4. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) Brit the senior administrator or head of a society, prison, etc.

5. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the chief executive of any state in the US

6. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) a device that controls the speed of an engine, esp by regulating the supply of fuel, etc., either to limit the maximum speed or to maintain a constant speed

7. (Linguistics / Grammar) Grammar Also called head

a.  a word in a phrase or clause that is the principal item and gives the function of the whole, as hat in the big red hat

b.  (as modifier) a governor noun

8. Brit informal a name or title of respect for a father, employer, etc. Related adjective gubernatorial

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	governor - the head of a state government       bey - the governor of a district or province in the Ottoman Empire eparch - the governor or prefect of an eparchy in ancient Greece governor general - a governor of high rank military governor - the head of a government established by the military (as in a defeated country) nabob, nawab - a governor in India during the Mogul empire politician - a leader engaged in civil administration proconsul - a provincial governor of consular rank in the Roman Republic and Roman Empire satrap - a governor of a province in ancient Persia viceroy, vicereine - governor of a country or province who rules as the representative of his or her king or sovereign
	2.	governor - a control that maintains a steady speed in a machine (as by controlling the supply of fuel) regulator controller, control - a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine; "the speed controller on his turntable was not working properly"; "I turned the controls over to her" flywheel - regulator consisting of a heavy wheel that stores kinetic energy and smooths the operation of a reciprocating engine timer - a regulator that activates or deactivates a mechanism at set times

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governor

noun leader, administrator, ruler, head, minister, director, manager, chief, officer, executive, boss (informal), commander, controller, supervisor, superintendent, mandarin, comptroller, functionary, overseer, baas (S. African) He was governor of the province in the late 1970s.

Related words
adjective gubernatorial

Translations

governor [ˈgʌvənəʳ]

A. N

1. [of colony, state etc] → gobernador(a) m/f

2. (esp Brit) [of prison] → director(a) m/f

3. (Brit) [of school] → miembro mf del consejo

4. (Brit) (= boss) → jefe m, patrón m; (= father) → viejo m
thanks, governor! → ¡gracias, jefe!

5. (Mech) → regulador m

B. CPD governor general N (Brit) → gobernador(a) m/f general

governor [ˈgʌvə^rnə^r] n

[colony, state, bank] → gouverneur m

[school] → membre m du conseil d'établissement; [hospital] → membre m du conseil d'administration

(British) [prison] → directeur/trice m/f
Governor-General [ˌgʌvə^rnə^rˈdʒɛn^ərəl] n (British) → gouverneur m général

governor

n

(of colony, state etc) → Gouverneur(in) m(f)

(esp Brit, of bank, prison) → Direktor(in) m(f); (of school) → ˜ Mitglied nt → des Schulbeirats; the (board of) governors → der Vorstand; (of bank also) → das Direktorium; (of school) → ˜ der Schulbeirat

(Brit inf: = boss) → Chef m (inf); (= father) → alter Herr (inf)

(Mech) → Regler m

governor [ˈgʌvənəʳ] n

a. (of colony, state, bank) → governatore m; (director, of school, hospital) → membro del consiglio di amministrazione (Brit) (of prison) → direttore/trice

b. (of engine) → controllo automatico della velocità