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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.

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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

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 >> adjective gubernatorial

Translations

governor [ˈgʌvənəʳ] n → gobernador(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] n → Gouverneur(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