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governor
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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.

governor
Noun
1. the chief political administrator of a region, such as a US state or a colony Related adjective gubernatorial
2. Brit the senior administrator of a school, prison, or other institution
3. Brit informal one's employer or father
governorship n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.governorgovernor - 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)
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

governor
Translations
governor [ˈgʌvənəʳ] ngobernador(a) m/f [of jail] → director(a) m/f
governor [ˈgʌvənəʳ] govern n [of colony, state, bank] → gouverneur m [of school, hospital etc]; administrateur/trice;
(Brit) [of prison]; directeur/trice
governor [ˈgʌvənəʳ] nGouverneur(in) m(f);
(of bank, hospital, Brit) (of prison) → Direktor(in) m(f);
(of school) → Mitglied nt des Schulbeirats
governor [ˈgʌvənəʳ] n [of state, bank] → governatore m [of school, hospital] → amministratore m;
(BRIT) [of prison] → direttore/trice


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