Definition of governor

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Governor (n.) One who has the care or guardianship of a young man; a tutor; a guardian.

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Governor :: 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..
Tetrarch :: Tetrarch (a.) A Roman governor of the fourth part of a province; hence, any subordinate or dependent prince; also, a petty king or sovereign..
Reeve :: Reeve (n.) an officer, steward, bailiff, or governor; -- used chiefly in compounds; as, shirereeve, now written sheriff; portreeve, etc..
Reelect :: Reelect (v. t.) To elect again; as, to reelect the former governor..
Rectoral :: Rectoral (a.) Pertaining to a rector or governor.
Regent :: Regent (a.) One who rules or reigns; a governor; a ruler.
Tenter :: Tenter (n.) A kind of governor.
Legate :: Legate (n.) An official assistant given to a general or to the governor of a province.
Ruler :: Ruler (n.) One who rules; one who exercises sway or authority; a governor.
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..
Waywode :: Waywode (n.) Originally, the title of a military commander in various Slavonic countries; afterwards applied to governors of towns or provinces. It was assumed for a time by the rulers of Moldavia and Wallachia, who were afterwards called hospodars, and has also been given to some inferior Turkish officers..
Nabob :: Nabob (n.) A deputy or viceroy in India; a governor of a province of the ancient Mogul empire.
Beglerbeg :: Beglerbeg (n.) The governor of a province of the Ottoman empire, next in dignity to the grand vizier..
Satrap :: Satrap (n.) The governor of a province in ancient Persia; hence, a petty autocrat despot..
Governor :: Governor (n.) A pilot; a steersman.
Governorship :: Governorship (n.) The office of a governor.
Ethnarch :: Ethnarch (n.) The governor of a province or people.
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..
Territory :: Territory (n.) In the United States, a portion of the country not included within the limits of any State, and not yet admitted as a State into the Union, but organized with a separate legislature, under a Territorial governor and other officers appointed by the President and Senate of the United States. In Canada, a similarly organized portion of the country not yet formed into a Province..
Toparch :: Toparch (n.) The ruler or principal man in a place or country; the governor of a toparchy.
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