Definition of governor

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Governor (n.) One who governs; especially, one who is invested with the supreme executive authority in a State; a chief ruler or magistrate; as, the governor of Pennsylvania..

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Commandery :: Commandery (n.) A district under the administration of a military commander or governor.
Tenter :: Tenter (n.) A kind of governor.
Toparch :: Toparch (n.) The ruler or principal man in a place or country; the governor of a toparchy.
Sherif :: Sherif (n.) A member of an Arab princely family descended from Mohammed through his son-in-law Ali and daughter Fatima. The Grand Shereef is the governor of Mecca.
Ancient :: Ancient (n.) An aged man; a patriarch. Hence: A governor; a ruler; a person of influence.
Governorship :: Governorship (n.) The office of a governor.
Default :: Default (n.) A failing or failure; omission of that which ought to be done; neglect to do what duty or law requires; as, this evil has happened through the governor's default..
Dey :: Dey (n.) The governor of Algiers; -- so called before the French conquest in 1830.
Stadtholderate :: Stadtholder (n.) Formerly, the chief magistrate of the United Provinces of Holland; also, the governor or lieutenant governor of a province..
Executive :: Executive (n.) An impersonal title of the chief magistrate or officer who administers the government, whether king, president, or governor; the governing person or body..
Province :: Province (n.) Specif.: Any political division of the Dominion of Canada, having a governor, a local legislature, and representation in the Dominion parliament. Hence, colloquially, The Provinces, the Dominion of Canada..
Durbar :: Durbar (n.) An audience hall; the court of a native prince; a state levee; a formal reception of native princes, given by the governor general of India..
Originate :: Originate (v. i.) To take first existence; to have origin or beginning; to begin to exist or act; as, the scheme originated with the governor and council..
Reve :: Reve (n.) An officer, steward, or governor..
Legate :: Legate (n.) An official assistant given to a general or to the governor of a province.
Shogun :: Shogun (n.) A title originally conferred by the Mikado on the military governor of the eastern provinces of Japan. By gradual usurpation of power the Shoguns (known to foreigners as Tycoons) became finally the virtual rulers of Japan. The title was abolished in 1867.
Viceroy :: Viceroy (prep.) The governor of a country or province who rules in the name of the sovereign with regal authority, as the king's substitute; as, the viceroy of India..
Petition :: Petition (v. t.) To make a prayer or request to; to ask from; to solicit; to entreat; especially, to make a formal written supplication, or application to, as to any branch of the government; as, to petition the court; to petition the governor..
Boroughmaster :: Boroughmaster (n.) The mayor, governor, or bailiff of a borough..
Bey :: Bey (n.) A governor of a province or district in the Turkish dominions; also, in some places, a prince or nobleman; a beg; as, the bey of Tunis..
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